Asean News Headlines at 10pm on Sunday (August 30, 2026)


The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln sails past Singapore as seen from Batam, Indonesia, on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. -- AP Photo/Dita Alangkara

Malaysia

* King grants audience to PM ahead of National Day celebrations

* Malaysia's 6% economic growth latest chapter in nation's progress, says PM Anwar

* Over 1.1 million businesses to benefit from higher e-invoicing threshold, says LHDN

* Billions in misappropriated funds to be returned to the people, says PM

* Anwar: Budi95 and Budi Diesel quota increased by 100 litres starting Sept 1

* PM Anwar: Govt to increase e-Invoice exemption threshold from RM1mil to RM3mil

* Nepal floods: Next of kin of missing Malaysians told to prepare for DNA test

* Wisma Putra: 36 Malaysians still uncontactable in China, 55 in Nepal

* Desperate wait for news of Malaysians in Nepal

* Malaysia deploys SMART team, pledges US$1mil aid for Nepal flood relief

* Haze: Serian, Samarahan, Kuching record hazardous API readings

* Malaysia must put national interests above divisions, says G25

* Malaysia deploys SMART team, pledges US$1mil aid for Nepal flood relief

* Bursa Malaysia likely to trade range-bound with positive bias this week

* Defence Ministry sec-gen takes high-g flight in Su-30MKM fighter jet

* Cops probe viral video of headscarves with incomplete Jalur Gemilang pattern

* Seven student-related sections prioritised in AUKU repeal, says Zambry

* Government working with Foreign Ministry to locate missing firefighters in Nepal

* Nation: Anwar urges unity and integrity as Malaysia readies to celebrate 69th National Day

Singapore

* Electrochemist Liu Jiawei moves from Singapore to Hong Kong to start her own lab

* USS Abraham Lincoln sails past Singapore on its way home from Middle East 

* Wife of British man who died on turbulence-hit SIA Flight SQ321 sues airline

* Singapore: Haze puts cooperation to the test

* Manhunt underway after woman killed, several injured at Swiss rave shooting

* 'Far from over': Nepal warns of possible fresh flooding as communities grapple with devastation

* New online directory to provide one-stop shop of programmes for Singapore's Malay/Muslim community

A farmer cuts paddy crops damaged by drought in Aneuk Galong, Aceh province, on Sunday, August 30, 2026. - Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP
A farmer cuts paddy crops damaged by drought in Aneuk Galong, Aceh province, on Sunday, August 30, 2026. - Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP

Indonesia

* Indonesia forest fire pollutants could drift towards Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei 

* Indonesia urges OIC to move beyond condemnations, take concrete action against Israel

* Orangutan rescued from fire zone in Indonesia's Borneo, battles respiratory illness

* As forests fragment, arboreal bridges offer Indonesia's orangutans a lifeline

* Haze: Japan offers water-bombing aid as Kalimantan ISPU surges past 1,000

* Death toll climbing: 781 dead and 2,502 still missing in mudslide disaster in Nepal, say authorities

Thailand

* High debt and rapid ageing increase Thailand’s Japanification risk

* Thailand's Lisa blends Muay Thai and a tuk-tuk in SaWaDiKa teaser

* Thailand proposes RM55 fee on foreign visitors to fund tourism upgrade

* The rise of Thai beauty: The push to become South-East Asia’s beauty powerhouse

* Amazing girls - Thailand make volleyball history to win Asian title after five-set victory over powerhouse China

Philippines

* Vietnam promotes cooperation to remove barriers to rice trade with the Philippines

* Weeks of Luzon flooding, landslides kill over 30 in the Philippines

* Community journalists face greater risks in the Philippines as press attacks mount

* China’s trade grip tightens in Europe as clock ticks towards October deadline

* World mostly shrugs off Bessent’s ‘D-Day’ Iran sanctions threat

A shop attendant holds imported durians from Malaysia during a durian festival in Beijing on July 4, 2026. China imported almost $7.5 billion worth of fresh durian last year, a near 12-fold rise from 2015.Once a luxury food, increased competition and improved transport links have helped cut prices and make the fruit more affordable. - Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP
A shop attendant holds imported durians from Malaysia during a durian festival in Beijing on July 4, 2026. China imported almost $7.5 billion worth of fresh durian last year, a near 12-fold rise from 2015.Once a luxury food, increased competition and improved transport links have helped cut prices and make the fruit more affordable. - Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP

Vietnam

* Vietnam sets a Guinness World Record after 1.77 million people join nationwide walk

* Vietnamese coffee farmers ride China's durian wave

* Vietnam restates readiness for ‘constructive’ US trade talks

* Deadly floods prompt tighter glacier monitoring

* Hong Kong hits back at Western ‘slander’ over verdict on Tiananmen vigil leaders

Myanmar

* Myanmar lifts weekly fuel price caps

* Myanmar football team finds missing player, citing mother’s health emergency

* Nepal-China floods disaster: Latest developments

* Haze fuels respiratory health concerns

* World mostly shrugs off Bessent’s ‘D-Day’ Iran sanctions threat

Cambodia

* Shedding light on the darkness: Cambodia trains tour guides on Khmer Rouge history

* TCM's soothing care reaches Cambodia's remote border communities

* UN: 17,000 kids in urgent need after recent tragedies near the Himalayas

* Nepal's rebuilding may cost tenth of economy

* Another shocker in Europe: Manhunt underway after woman killed, several injured at Swiss rave shooting

Laos

* Major alert in Laos: Floodwaters surge around Laos-China border crossing as Luang Namtha declares disaster zone

* Young martial artists compete in Vientiane Open Karate Championships

* Floodwaters surge around Laos-China border crossing as Luang Namtha declares disaster zone

Brunei

* Haze affecting Brunei as hotspots increase across Borneo

* Brunei scouts contingent heads to 15th Malaysia Scout Jamboree

* NASA launches Roman Space Telescope on cosmic mapping mission

Armed Police Force (APF) officers work on transporting bodies to the pit at Devghat mass burial site for victims of deadly flash floods and mudslides in Chitwan, Nepal, August 30, 2026. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT
Armed Police Force (APF) officers work on transporting bodies to the pit at Devghat mass burial site for victims of deadly flash floods and mudslides in Chitwan, Nepal, August 30, 2026. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT

Aseanplus

* Up to Nepalese govt to accept Malaysia's SMART assistance, says Nadma

* Malaysians among 261 foreign nationals unaccounted for after Xizang mudslide

* 17 areas in Malaysia record unhealthy to hazardous API readings as of 9am

* Ringgit expected to remain well supported next week ahead of BNM OPR decision

* Cub Prix rider Farres Putra died from multiple injuries, says police

* Nepal to preserve DNA of unidentified flood victims

* Flood survivor: All we got to react was 20 ­seconds

* Nepal-Tibet floods: Death toll climbs to over 750; more than 3,000 people still missing after tragic incident

* Workers in China worry over being replaced as they adapt to the growing impact of AI on jobs

* Jeju police re-examining circumstances around death of woman in palm farm

* Australia's far-right party makes further gains, taking seat in western state

* China says 16 dead, 546 missing in Tibet mudslide: state media

* Ten typhoons hit Japan in August alone, first in 60 years

* Nepal-Tibet death toll 750 from Himalayan flood, 3,000 missing

* US urged to use Beijing playbook to secure Chinese tech transfers

* China on alert as new lake forms after catastrophic Himalayan floods

* US seizes Chinese hacking platforms targeting Nasa, Fed and Senate

* Japan makes a fridge for humans to chill workers during extreme heat

* Political power struggles behind Taiwan’s referendum on nuclear power

* Oxford blues: Chinese executives log complaints over training programme

* CUHK academic who allegedly hid marital status cleared of indecent assault

* Jeju police re-examining circumstances around death of woman in palm farm

* Chinese executives may join Xi’s US trip, as trade truce extension ‘almost certain’

* Brazil’s rare earths will not loosen China’s magnet grip this decade, researchers say

* Chinese man reunites with family after 25 years in total isolation to honour a promise

* US and China diplomats clash over tech spying and trade hub claims in Latin America

* Taiwan unveils Strong Bow anti-ballistic missile specs in push for US$1.13 billion funding

* Masks, test kits back on shopping lists amid signs of Covid-19 resurgence in South Korea

* The much-adored cat stationmaster gives hope to struggling Japan Railway to draw visitors

* South Korea names veteran technocrat Lee Hyoung-il as new finance chief in cabinet reshuffle

* Young Chinese women dye armpit hair as fashion statement and expression of bodily autonomy

* Chinese viewers praise Korean dating show featuring serious illness survivors as a lesson in love

* Chinese worker develops severe muscle breakdown after manager punishes her with 200 squats

* Ex-care home worker in Hong Kong accused of raping an intellectually disabled woman five times

* Nepal-Tibet floods: Death toll climbs to over 750; more than 3,000 people still missing after tragic incident

* North Korea names new defense minister, KCNA says / * North Korea defence minister dismissed: state media

* Badminton: June Wei shines again at Lin Dan Cup

* Cricket - England reduce Pakistan to 53-3 to close in on victory

* Cricket - Former India captain Suryakumar rues T20 omission after World Cup success

* Entertainment: 'Are you crazy?': Chinese idol Yu Yuhan lashes out at fan who yanked open his car door

 

 

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