Asean News Headlines at 10pm on Sunday (Nov 9, 2025)


This handout photo, taken on Sunday, November 9, 2025, and released by the Pandan Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PANDAN-MDRRMO) shows houses amid surging floodwaters as Super Typhoon Fung-wong hit the coast in Pandan, Catanduanes province. -- Photo Pandan Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office / AFP

Malaysia:

* PM Anwar to hold briefing, discuss Cabinet reshuffle on Nov 11, says Mat Sabu

* King returns home safely after completing state visit to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain

* King's state visit to Bahrain significant in strengthening ties between both countries, says Khaled

* MA63 claims must be settled through talks, not confrontation, says Anwar

* Real heroes unite Malaysians beyond race and religion, says Anwar

* Authorities urged to probe chemical dump after cows die in Batu Gajah

* Sarawak aims for high-income, innovation-driven economy by 2030, says Premier

* PM committed to developing Sabah, tackling water, road, electricity issues, says his political secretary

* Sabah polls: Zahid calls for unity to secure victory for BN

* Cops seek to extend Namewee's remand in murder probe

* Echoes of the fallen resound at Tugu Negara on Remembrance Day

* Woman allegedly dies after consuming supplement, Health Ministry launches probe

* Police crack down on cryptocurrency mining operations linked to electrical theft in Teluk Intan

* Ringgit likely to remain bullish next week

* Bursa Malaysia to trade cautiously this week ahead of China CPI and Malaysia 3Q GDP data

* RM17bil allocated to Sabah, says Anwar at Gaya Street market / PM mingles with traders, visitors at Kota Kinabalu's Gaya Street market

This handout photograph from the Asian Tour, taken and received on Sunday, November 9, 2025, shows Japan's Yosuke Asaji posing with the trophy after the 2025 Moutai Singapore Open golf tournament at the Singapore Island Country Club golf course in Singapore. -- Photo by Graham Uden / Asian Tour / AFPThis handout photograph from the Asian Tour, taken and received on Sunday, November 9, 2025, shows Japan's Yosuke Asaji posing with the trophy after the 2025 Moutai Singapore Open golf tournament at the Singapore Island Country Club golf course in Singapore. -- Photo by Graham Uden / Asian Tour / AFP

Singapore:

* Subway passengers in Singapore can now read more poems on their trains 

* British private schools chase new money in New York and Singapore

* Magnetic pulses lower blood sugar of diabetic patients with excess belly fat: Singapore study

* Two men charged with murder over fight in Singapore that left 56-year-old man dead

* Newly discovered Dr. Seuss manuscript to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary

* Yosuke Asaji sanks a six-foot birdie and becomes the first Japanese in 49 years to win Singapore Open

* Drawing more S’pore tourists -- Business-to-business (B2B) sessions to attract Singaporean tourists to Johor Baru

Indonesia:

* Indonesia police find possible explosive powder in Jakarta mosque blasts

* Indonesian President Prabowo’s approval rating slips on economic concerns

* Indonesian police investigate ties between a mosque attack suspect and hate groups

* Time is money: The Rp 100tril price tag on Jakarta’s congestion

* Student probed after Jakarta blast leaves nearly 100 hurt

* Using AI instead of search means superficial learning, research shows

Residents who were evacuated ahead of Typhoon Fung-wong queue for food at an evacuation center in Cauayan, Isabela, Philippines, Sunday, November 9, 2025. -- Photo: REUTERS/Eloisa LopezResidents who were evacuated ahead of Typhoon Fung-wong queue for food at an evacuation center in Cauayan, Isabela, Philippines, Sunday, November 9, 2025. -- Photo: REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

Thailand:

* Thai police arrest Malaysian man over 3.3 million baht fraud

* Study finds Thais the ‘burden-bearers of Asean’ as expenses rise but incomes stagnate

* Mother ‘told Thai girl to hand over money from sexual services’ at Tokyo massage parlour

* Tour bus overturns on Thailand’s Lampang-Chiang Mai highway, 12 foreign tourists injured

* Retired Thai general’s claims unfounded, says defence force chief

* Malaysian consulate in Songkhla provides assistance to orphans and underprivileged groups 

Philippines:

* Super Typhoon Fung-wong makes landfall after forcing more than one million people to evacuate; almost 400 flights cancelled and two dead

* Chaos in the Philippines, nearly one million evacuated as super typhoon  Fung-Wong approaches the country 

* Philippines forecasts life-threatening conditions with super typhoon Fung-wong

* Philippines evacuates almost a million as super typhoon nears

* Philippines braces for Super Typhoon Fung-wong, still reeling from Kalmaegi

A drone view of fishing vessels piled up in wrecks along the main road after being washed ashore by Typhoon Kalmaegi at Vung Cheo Fishing Village in central Vietnam, where hundreds of lobster farms had been washed away or damaged, in Xuan Cau District, Dak Lak province, Vietnam. -- Photo: REUTERS/Minh NguyenA drone view of fishing vessels piled up in wrecks along the main road after being washed ashore by Typhoon Kalmaegi at Vung Cheo Fishing Village in central Vietnam, where hundreds of lobster farms had been washed away or damaged, in Xuan Cau District, Dak Lak province, Vietnam. -- Photo: REUTERS/Minh Nguyen

Vietnam:

* Vietnam PM says 4Q GDP must expand 8.4% to meet growth goals

* Typhoon Kalmaegi rampages across Vietnam; many homes flattened and at least five people confined killed

* Ho Chi Minh City welcomes over 6.58 million international visitors in 10 months

* Hanoi opens cultural festival, celebrating heritage, creativity

* No place to call home: Plight of Hong Kong’s pregnant domestic helpers

Myanmar:

* Myanmar-Rohingya migrant vessel sinks off Malaysia-Thailand border, hundreds missing

* Myanmar junta says demolishing 150 scam hub buildings

* Myanmar announces five cosmetics sold locally, including Chinese-made products, found to contain banned chemicals

* Over 126,000 malaria cases reported in Myanmar from Jan to Aug

A staff member of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency checks on a survivor who was rescued by a fishing boat's crew after a boat from Buthidaung, Myanmar, sank near the Malaysia–Thailand border, close to Langkawi, Malaysia, on Sunday, November 9, 2025. -- Photo: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency via ReutersA staff member of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency checks on a survivor who was rescued by a fishing boat's crew after a boat from Buthidaung, Myanmar, sank near the Malaysia–Thailand border, close to Langkawi, Malaysia, on Sunday, November 9, 2025. -- Photo: Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency via Reuters

Cambodia:

* Cambodia police dismantles major scam network in Svay Rieng province; more than 650 suspects arrested

* China grants exemptions to export curbs on Nexperia chips for civilian use

* Cambodia says border with Thailand sees weapons drawdown after peace pact

* Phnom Penh Designers Week Fall/Winter 2025 set to dazzle with ‘Ode to Wonder’ Theme

Laos:

* Laos calls for a people-centred development approach at UN meeting

* Laos pushes forward in addressing UXO threats and take concrete steps to save lives

* Australia gives US$1.71 million to boost Mekong monitoring

Brunei:

* COP30: Asean experts want a realistic agenda to steer region from climate crisis

* Brunei's leap forward in fire safety

* Bruneians combine stargazing with outdoor leisure

Jockeys compete during the Piala Raja Hamengku Buwono X 2025, an annual national horse racing championship for the royal trophy of Sultan Hamengku Buwono X of the Yogyakarta Palace, at the Sultan Agung racetrack in Bantul, Yogyakarta, on Sunday, November 9, 2025. -- Photo by DEVI RAHMAN / AFPJockeys compete during the Piala Raja Hamengku Buwono X 2025, an annual national horse racing championship for the royal trophy of Sultan Hamengku Buwono X of the Yogyakarta Palace, at the Sultan Agung racetrack in Bantul, Yogyakarta, on Sunday, November 9, 2025. -- Photo by DEVI RAHMAN / AFP

AseanPlus:

* Sabah polls: Anwar names 10 PKR candidates, says Pakatan will contest 23 seats

* Sabah polls: 80% of BN candidates are fresh faces, says Bung

* Strong 6.5-magnitude quake strikes Japan, no tsunami threat to Malaysia

* African swine fever threatening food sources of Malayan tigers

* Tiger seen swimming across Royal Belum lake in viral video

* Immigration raid in Johor Baru nets 45 illegal workers

* Gombak man blackmailed after sharing nude photos via dating app

* Boat carrying nearly 100 undocumented migrants capsizes near Langkawi

* China suspends ban on exports of gallium, germanium, antimony to US

* Researchers in Australia use AI, eye scans to detect chronic diseases earlier

* India orders drugmakers to meet global standards by January after cough syrup deaths

* Two killed, three missing after Chinese fishing boat capsizes off S. Korea

* As Afghan-Pakistan talks falter, fears grow of a wider conflict

* Japan man rents wife’s murder flat for 20 years to preserve crime scene, spends US$145,000

* Japan police discover stand-ins taking ‘specified skilled worker’ visa language tests for foreigners

* South Korea rescuers recover 3rd body after power plant collapse, media reports say

* Majority of US Supreme Court justices appear to question Trump’s tariff powers

* National Games: How co-hosting adds up for Hong Kong and Greater Bay Area

* China’s Reit to grow to US$1 trillion as developers shift focus: Morgan Stanley

* Pyongyang vows further strikes after US ballistic missile rebuke

* Major US air traffic staffing shortages snarl thousands of flights

* Japan's fourth Avian flu outbreak this season confirmed in Niigata

* Huge Godzilla installation to see off travellers at Tokyo’s Haneda airport from December

* Hong Kong kindergarten teacher arrested for allegedly assaulting three-year-old pupil

* Turkish delegation to meet in Pakistan aiming to seal peace deal with Afghanistan

* New Zealand authorities send extra fire planes to battle 1,100-hectare wildfire

* Factories first: Why China is determined to shield manufacturing from decline

* China's PLA urged to ‘live a tight life’ as top officials elaborate on five-year plan

* Countries have to first see benefits of Asean power grid for wider adoption

* Adopting an environmental rights declaration is only the start for Asean members

* Piracy of Japanese manga, literature causes US$5.5bil loss a year, says study 

* Badminton - Jimmy-Pei Jing denied again in Korean Masters final

* Badminton - Liek Hou shines in Japan, winning title with 'new' partner

* Golf - Nasa Hataoka claims seventh LPGA Tour title with playoff win at rain-shortened Toto Japan Classic

 

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