Indonesia's President Joko Widodo greeting Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung during the launch of Indonesia's first battery cell production plant for electric vehicles with an annual capacity of 10 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of battery cells at HLI Green Power, a joint venture between South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution, in Karawang, West Java province, Indonesia on July 3, 2024. - Reuters
Malaysia
* Malaysia leads 35 countries in percentage of people with favourable view on Russia: Pew survey
* Immigration officer among four charged with human trafficking
* High Court dismisses Najib's application for review over house arrest 'addendum'
* Sg Bakap polls: Unity government needs 4% increase in Malay support to win, says think tank
* Preparation for King's installation brings back 40-year-old memories for Sultan Ibrahim
* Azeem gets the nod for Olympic wild card
* 7kg baby croc caught in Kampung Sembulan Lama
* Genting bus crash: Driver claims trial to charges of driving dangerously, not having valid licence
* Parliament passes amendments to Audit Act
* Unemployed man gets jail, caning for impersonating cop to rob 14-year-old boy
* Johor poised to become regional data centre hub, says MB
* Malaysia to leverage big data to drive housing development
* Sabah's 'Green Man' SM Muthu passes away
* Explore collaborations with China, Asean, CM urges public, private sector in Sabah
* Rogue six confident they will remain MPs after consulting lawyers
* Court allows return of Muhyiddin's passport to attend granddaughter's graduation in London
* More than half a million ringgit worth of sex toys seized from June 1 to 14, says Home Ministry
* Three girls reported missing in Kuala Pilah found safe in Melaka
* China keen to collaborate with Malaysia in halal sector, says Deputy Foreign Minister
* 24 unauthorised users issued approvals under foreign worker management system, says PAC
* Tourism Ministry sees potential in reviving cruise tourism in Sandakan, Dewan Rakyat hears
* Actors Aliff Aziz, Ruhainies claim trial to khalwat charges
* Marine police: Smuggling syndicates at M'sia-Thai border can pose serious threat
* State governments step forward to offer free land for housing projects
Singapore
* Singapore F-16 crash due to rare simultaneous malfunction of components: Defence Minister
* Focus on mega trends rather than try to predict next big thing, PM Wong tells S’pore youth
* Youngest of four brothers who sexually abused sister in S'pore gets 9 years’ jail, 24 strokes of cane
* Jail, fine for Singapore's serial conwoman who cheated 12 victims of over S$106k in various scams
* Over 2 years’ jail for cleaner who molested two boys, aged 6 and 7, at different schools
* Child abuse cases investigated by Singapore's ECDA rise to 147 in 2023
Thailand
* K-pop or Thai pop? Blackpink Lisa’s ‘Rockstar’ prompts debate
* Thailand may lift 52-year-old afternoon booze ban to woo tourists
* I made it': Thai 12-year-old fulfils Olympic skateboard dream
* Devil doll Labubu to help attract 8 million Chinese visitors to Thailand
* Thai court sets July 17 for next hearing in opposition Move Forward party case
* Duty-free on arrival to be scrapped at Thai airports: Cabinet
* Pop Mart eyes big expansion plans in Thailand
* Thailand targets six gold medals at Paris Olympics
Indonesia
* Indonesia launches first EV battery plant
* Woman found dead after she was swallowed whole by python in central Indonesia
* Indonesia dismisses its chief election commissioner over sexual assault
* 'Thorough review' after teenage badminton player's death in Indonesia
* Minister urges calm amid calls to boycott Bruno Mars' Jakarta show
* Police arrest Indonesian influencers for promoting online gambling
* Five killed in warehouse fire in Indonesia
Philippines
* 25 areas in Philippines possible targets of China hypersonic missile attack, says Imee Marcos
* Not lame at all: Duck tails GrabFood delivery rider in the Philippines, wins praise for hard work
* China’s ‘monster ship’ returns to West Philippine Sea amid talks
* Philippine diving town swaps trash for rice to clean up its beaches
* China, Philippines agree to lower tensions in South China Sea, boost communications
Vietnam
* Three arrested in Vietnam for arranging to smuggle people disguised as 'Buddhist' monks to Australia
* Vietnam, South Korea issue joint press release
* Over 5,200 people killed by traffic accidents in Vietnam in six months
* Vietnam's gaming industry aims US$1 billion in revenue
Cambodia
* Cambodia updates national accounts base year for enhanced economic accuracy
* Cambodian farmer killed, deminer loses hands in separate UXO incidents
* Cambodia reports 39.3% rise in Chinese tourists to famed Angkor in H1
Myanmar
* Thai govt to close CI centres for undocumented Myanmar migrants on July 7
* Floods displace over 2,500 households in northern Myanmar
* Myanmar protects over 1,000 endangered Burmese roofed turtles
Laos
* UN envoy visits Laos to strengthen ties in relation to Myanmar
* Laos National Assembly asks govt for more progress in tackling economic woes, as session closes
Brunei
* PMO in Brunei marks Prince ‘Abdul Malik’s birthday
* Brunei court upholds 22-year jail sentence for serial offender
Aseanplus
* Japan's top court rules forced sterilisation law unconstitutional
* Driver in fatal Seoul crash was speeding away from hotel: Police
* Police analyse tyre marks to reconstruct Seoul car crash that killed 9 pedestrians
* Too old to drive? Deadly Seoul car crash reignites debate on elderly driving
* Taiwan urges China to release seized fishing boat
* Expert shares egg-citement of dinosaur discoveries in China
* 240,000 people evacuated in China rainstorms
* Six dead as floods inundate vast swath of India, Bangladesh
* EU takes aim at China's Temu and Shein with proposed import duty, FT reports
* Terror, ‘chaos’: Survivors recall India crowd crush that killed 121
* At least 121 people, mostly women, killed in stampede at India's Hathras
* India's Hathras stampede: Deadliest stampedes and crushes in recent years
* What to know about Bhole Baba: Indian guru in the Hathras gathering that ended in a stampede
* Pakistan has met all requirements for IMF bailout deal, finance official says
* China capture Asian Junior mixed team title, pay touching tribute to fallen comrade
* S.Korea prepares support for small businesses, tax cuts for corporates
* Japan's first new banknotes in 20 years use holograms to defeat counterfeits
* Single and proud: S. Korean YouTuber's viral embrace of solo life
* Missing Australian child feared attacked by crocodile, police say
* China's services activity growth hits 8-month low, Caixin PMI shows
* Asia stocks rise on rate cut wagers, yen wallows at 38-year lows
* Asia markets track Wall St records as Powell revives rate hopes
* Taiwanese rock band Mayday donates RM696,000 to Singaporean non-profit in appreciation of country's fans
* Actor Jack Tan took 3 months to gain 20kg, all for just 4 days of filming: 'First and last time'
