People shop at the traditional Lunar New Year "Tet" market in the old quarter of Hanoi, Vietnam. Vietnam celebrates the coming Lunar New Year of the Tiger on Feb 1 amid of warning against travel and large gathering due to Covid-19. - AP
Malaysia:
Covid-19: Slight dip in daily cases with 5,139 new infections reported
Covid-19: Half of Malaysia's adult population has received booster dose as of Friday (Jan 28)
Covid-19 Watch: Education clusters contribute to rise in cases in Kelantan, says State Health Department
Covid-19: Nation's Rt now at 1.15 with Negri Sembilan and Kedah recording the highest infectivity rates
Covid-19: Closure of Sabah schools with clusters a measure to check spread, says Masidi
Huazong president hopes Year of Tiger will bring greater stability, prosperity for M'sia in CNY message
Umrah to resume on Feb 8, says Tourism Ministry
Tourism Ministry releases new SOP for umrah travel
Political stability key for people's well-being, says PM
Accident involving trailer ferrying concrete piles causes jam on North-South Expressway
Perikatan threatens to pull out of govt
Warning of thunderstorms, heavy rain, strong winds in eight states issued by MetMalaysia
Smoke and flames rise into the air as a fire broke out and destroyed a number of traditional wooden boats belonging to fishermen in the harbour in Tegal on Saturday, January 29, 2022. - AFP
Singapore:
Singapore: Close to 10,000 kids aged five to six get first dose of Covid-19 vaccine
Singapore: 'Stick to the rules; stay at home if you are even mildly unwell', says health minister
Nearly S$1 billion lost by scam victims in Singapore since 2016
Singapore foreign workforce shows rebound from pandemic hit
Nearly 500 couples in Singapore plan to marry on once-in-a-lifetime date 22/2/22
636 Covid-19 patients hospitalised in Singapore; 5,272 local community cases on Friday (Jan 28)
Singapore’s higher property tax to have short-term impact on home sales as buyers reconsider options, analysts say
SG woman lost S$17,000 she had saved for her wedding to a job scam
Nightclub sued after citing curbs to avoid rent
2021 the wettest since 2007
Indonesia:
Cases rises to five-digits as Indonesia reports 11,588 new Covid-19 infections and 17 more deaths on Saturday (Jan 29)
Indonesia’s palm oil exports to ease only slightly despite govt curbs
Indonesia focuses on at-home treatment as Covid-19 cases surge again in the country
Indonesia: 11 arrested after deadly West Papua nightclub fight
Indonesia's palm oil export curbs upend global edible oil markets
S'pore-Indonesia Leaders' Retreat: Indonesians welcome pacts, hope Parliament will see them through
Indonesia's restrictions on commodities rattle markets, more moves likely
Workers clean oil spills caused by a leak from an undersea pipeline 20 km (12.4 miles) off Thailand's eastern coast at Mae Ramphueng beach in Rayong province, Thailandon Saturday, January 29, 2022. - Reuters
Thailand:
Thailand records 8,618 Covid-19 cases and 19 deaths on Saturday (jan 29) as famous beach closes after oil spill washes ashore
Thai Finance Ministry maintains 2022 GDP forecast as Covid-19 cases eases in country
Thailand adopts guidelines for declaring Covid-19 endemic
Oil spill 'nail in the coffin' for Covid-hit Thai beach businesses
Thai beach declared disaster area after oil spill
Thailand to relax tax rules for digital assets
‘Stick to three safety rules when ushering in Chinese New Year’
Philippines:
Philippines logs 17,382 new Covid-19 cases as total stands at 3,528,796 on Saturday (Jan 29)
Why the Philippines is once again the worst place to be in Covid-19, says Bloomberg
Philippines secures supersonic anti-ship missiles from India
Philippine economy rebounds in 2021 as Covid-19 rules relaxed
11 found guilty of killing of five endangered jumbos in 2020
Philippines to reopen from Feb 10
Buddhist monks take part in the funeral of Thich Nhat Hanh, the Zen Buddhist monk, poet and peace activist who in the 1960s came to prominence as an opponent of the Vietnam War, after he died aged 95, at Tu Hieu Temple in Hue, Vietnam, January 29, 2022. - Reuters
Vietnam:
Vietnam reports 15,150 new Covid-19 cases and total now stands at 2,233,287 on Saturday (Jan 29)
Rising consumer demand drives up Vietnam's CPI before Lunar New Year festival
Vietnam launches 'rapid' spring Covid-19 vaccination drive from Saturday (Jan 29)
Vietnam's foreign direct investment and trade value rise in January
First instant noodle product made from dragon fruit produced in Vietnam
Vietnam expects bright prospects in foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction
Vietnamese bid farewell to father of mindfulness
Myanmar:
UN labour group says 1.6 million jobs lost in Myanmar in 2021
China warns against more violence in Myanmar at closed-door UN talks
A year after Myanmar's coup, families of detainees search for answers
Factbox-Most prominent people being held by Myanmar junta
Junta still struggling with backlash while opposition wants end to military rule
The nun who faced down a junta
Thai oil firm set to take over Myanmar gas field as major firms exit
This handout from the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) shows the Trachypithecus popa of the Popa langur species walking in the North Zamari Wildlife Sanctuary (NZWS) in Myanmar's Bago region, one of the more than 200 new species discovered by scientists around the greater Mekong region in 2020, according to a new WWF report. - AFP
Cambodia:
Cambodia launches campaign to revive pandemic-hit tourism industry
Cambodia to host summit of Asean foreign ministers from Feb 16; humanitarian aid for Myanmar main agenda
Cambodia and Timor-Leste eye broader cooperation
Laos:
Laos makes second-biggest meth seizure
Laos: Ghostly Monkey and Succulent Bamboo among new species discovered in Mekong region
Laos to raise minimum wage by March this year
New cave closed to public
Brunei:
Brunei’s economic growth projected at 4.1per cent in 2022
Brunei: Missing teen’s body found after four days
Brunei's Covid-19 infection rate climbs to 2.1 per cent; another 41 new cases reported on Friday night (Jan 28)
A Lunar New Year installation is displayed in Hong Kong's Wanchai area on Saturday, January 29, 2022, to usher in the Year of the Tiger on February 1. - AFP
AseanPlus:
China reports jump in Covid-19 cases among Olympic athletes, officials in Beijing
Winter Olympics: Covid control with Chinese characteristics. What Beijing has learned from Tokyo ahead of second pandemic Games
Merck says Covid pill 'active' against Omicron
UN’s COP15 biodiversity summit in limbo as Omicron uncertainty threatens date
South China Sea: US Navy tries to recover F-35C fighter jet from ocean after 7 hurt in ‘landing mishap’
‘We must do it’: Xi Jinping stresses urgent need to meet China’s climate goals
Chinese scientists say they may be a step closer to a quantum code-breaking machine
Australia boosts spending to protect koalas
Relief supplies arrive in tsunami-hit Tonga
Meta pauses new users from joining analytics tool CrowdTangle
Calculating the economics of war and diplomacy
CPO futures likely to see profit-taking next week
US House finalises bill to confront China, including provisions on semiconductors and Taiwan ties
Hong Kong appeal court rules against transgender pair who tried to amend status on their identity cards
Seoul faces conundrum over option of pre-emptive strike on North Korea
Astronomers say a mystery object has been sending a radio signal from space. No, it’s not aliens
