Participants play with kites during the International kites festival in Bantul, Yogyakarta in Indonesia. - AFP
Malaysia:
* Sedition Act not usually used but Sanusi's case different, says PM Anwar
* Refrain from unhealthy political discourse on position of Malay rulers, says PM
* Sanusi pleads not guilty to charges under Sedition Act
* Sanusi's arrest nothing to do with state polls, says Zahid
* Sanusi kept rejecting calls from police, says IGP on 3am arrest
* Making it a crime for men to entice married women is unconstitutional, Federal Court told
* Geely to invest US$10bil to make Tanjung Malim the region's largest auto city - Anwar
* Sanusi stays as Perikatan election director, says PAS deputy president
* Unacceptable to use Sedition Act against Sanusi, say various quarters
* Kuala Terengganu by-election to share dates with state polls, says EC
* Strategic investor pass will boost Malaysia's attractiveness to investors - economist
* State polls: Amirudin to stay on as S'gor MB if unity govt wins, says Anwar
The sun sets behind the pier of the Changi Sailing Club in Singapore, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. - AP
Singapore:
* A slow crawl but endangered turtles finally coming home to Malaysia
* Singapore passport is world’s most powerful, replacing Japan
* In squeaky-clean Singapore, two political dramas raise questions
* Hong Kong doesn’t need to compete with Singapore on property
* Singapore: Key exports shrink for ninth straight month
* Oil steadies as investors digest China gloom, eye US crude supplies
* Stock market today: Asian shares extend losses after China reports lower growth than expected
Indonesia:
* South Korea to attend RCEP talks in Indonesia this week
* Indonesia hikes export taxes for copper, zinc and iron - finmin
* Indonesia and Malaysia step up higher education sector cooperation
* Emerging Markets: Indonesia stocks retreat 0.5% as easing political uncertainty pushes Thai baht to two-month high
* Indonesia upbeat on 5% growth despite gloomy China outlook
TOPSHOT - Thailand's Kantinan Adisaisiributr competes in the preliminary of the men's solo free artistic swimming event during the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. - AFP
Thailand:
* Thailand and South Korea seize illegal drugs enough for over two million people
* Thailand welcomes 14.15 million foreign tourists up to July 17, Malaysians top list of visitors
* Two-wheeled angels: Bangkok launches first fleet of motorbike-ambulances
* Thai PM hopeful Pita still vows no retreat from party's reform agenda
* Explainer-Can Thailand's Pita succeed in a second PM vote?
Philippines:
* Philippines launches its first sovereign investment fund
* ICC rejects attempt to block probe into drug killings in Philippines
* Xi tells ex-Philippine president Duterte to promote ties with China
* ICC ruling opens way to investigation on killings in Philippines
* Philippines' Marcos signs RM41bil sovereign wealth fund into law
Relatives of drug war victims light candles for their slain loved ones after the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled to continue investigation on drug war killings in the Philippines, in Quezon City, Philippines, on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. - Reuters
Vietnam:
* Vietnam and Singapore foreign ministers reaffirm countries’ close ties
* Weakened Typhoon Talim hits Vietnam after passing through China
* Companies in Vietnam struggle to recruit staff at professional level, says report
* MMEA nabs duo for encroaching in Johor waters to catch sea cucumbers
* Full of controversy in Vietnam but she's Pretty in pink: 'Barbie' marketing blitz hits fever pitch
Myanmar:
* Fake documents: Myanmar refugee's one-man op busted by Malaysian immigration
* 5.3 tons of caffeine seized in eastern Myanmar
* Malaysia probes disappearance of Myanmar democracy activist and her family
A business street is seen closed as a precaution for the approaching Typhoon Talim in Beihai, in China's southern Guangxi province. - AFP
Cambodia:
* UN official sees Cambodia's plunged poverty rate as positive step towards Least Developed Country graduation
* Cambodia bans exiled opposition figurehead from running for office
* Succession plan: Cambodia PM's favoured son on path to power
Laos:
* Govt sounds the alarm as Laos on alert as Typhoon Talim approaches
* Cassava tops Lao agricultural export in first five months; China and Vietnam among main buyers of vegetable
Brunei:
* Concerns and praise for Brunei govt's minimum wage policies
* Brunei govt makes call for proper road tax placement
South Korean and U.S. missiles are displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. A bilateral consulting group of South Korean and US officials met Tuesday in Seoul to discuss strengthening their nations' deterrence capabilities against North Korea's evolving nuclear threats. - AP
AseanPlus:
* NO! It's not Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 - Australia says mystery beach object probably come from space launch
* China food security: Critical grain harvest sees first summer drop in five years, autumn dip may follow
* Seoul files suit against order to pay Elliott in Samsung fight
* 'Must-have' Japanese whisky turns 100 as demand soars
* Hong Kong expecting another typhoon next week, sunny weekend to precede storm after all alerts sparked by Talim cancelled
* Illegal drugs seized at Hong Kong airport surged by 80 per cent to 2.3 tonnes worth HK$970 million in first half of year, customs says
* Alibaba, JD.com, Longfor tumble as Hong Kong stocks slide with Beijing showing poor urgency to arrest weakening growth
* Billionaire co-founder of BYD uncertain about China’s ability to create breakthrough tech on par with ChatGPT
* Malaysian teen to compete in K-pop talent search show 'Universe Ticket'
* U.S. national in North Korea custody after crossing inter-Korean border
* Commonwealth Games in limbo as Australia pulls out as 2026 host
* Kerry says climate change requires 'new definition' of China-US cooperation
* Asian markets drop as China growth worries offset Fed rate hopes
* The 'kidneys of Kolkata': Indian wetlands under threat
* Bilateral South Korea-US consulting group meets in response to North Korean nuclear threats
* India sets up task force to crack down on dark patterns online that manipulate consumers
* New service allows female cancer patients in Hong Kong to preserve ovarian tissue, giving them hope of having children in future
* Australia debates Indigenous referendum as pamphlets launched
* India's Infosys signs five-year AI deal with $2 billion target spend
* This face-to-face translation tool is being tested in a Tokyo train station
* South Korea's Yoon calls for fundamental change in disaster response after floods
* Japan PM in UAE to pitch green technology ahead of COP28
* ‘One-day marriage’ boom in rural China sees single men pay ‘professional brides’ US$500 to secure ancestral grave burial rights, sparking online debate
