CAMBODIA
1.TEMPORARY BAN ON THAI LIVESTOCK IMPORTS -- AGENCE KAMPUCHEA PRESSE The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries has temporarily banned importing livestock and meat products from Thailand. The announcement comes after an anthrax outbreak affected livestock in the neighbouring country, although no cases were reported in Cambodia.
2.CAMBODIA-SOUTH KOREA TO TACKLE METHANE -- AGENCE KAMPUCHEA PRESSE Cambodia and South Korea have initiated a regional project to slash methane emissions in the agro-industrial sector. They will exchange solutions to address health and environmental threats and assist Cambodia to become carbon-neutral by 2050.
INDONESIA
1.AS POLITICS CREEPS IN, TNI’S NEUTRALITY TO BE TESTED -- THE JAKARTA POST
A recent attempt to reshuffle top Indonesian Military (TNI) officers, which was followed almost immediately by its reversal, has raised fresh concerns over growing political interference in the armed forces. The episode unfolded shortly after a group of retired generals publicly called for the removal of Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, fueling questions about constitutional boundaries between civil and military authority.
2.INDONESIAN POLICE SEIZE RP 530 BLN IN ONLINE GAMBLING MONEY LAUNDERING CASE -- JAKARTA GLOBE
Indonesian police have seized assets worth more than Rp 530 billion (approximately US$32 million) from two business executives accused of facilitating money laundering and illicit financial transactions tied to online gambling networks. The confiscated assets include Rp 250.5 billion in cash, four vehicles, and various financial instruments, according to Commissioner General Wahyu Widada, head of the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim).
LAOS
1.CHINA-LED RESEARCH CENTRE TO BOOST LAO MINING -- VIENTIANE TIMES
Laos and China will jointly establish a minerals testing and research centre with international standards that will help to attract more investments. The centre will be vital in promoting scientific research, innovation and sustainable growth of the mining sector.
2.LAOS-VIETNAM AGREE TO REPATRIATE REMAINS OF SOLDIERS -- VIENTIANE TIMES
Laos and Vietnam signed an agreement to repatriate the remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who died in Attapeu province during the Indochina War. During recent searches, a Vietnamese military unit excavated the remains of 12 Vietnamese soldiers and experts.
MYANMAR
1.MYANMAR LEADER ATTENDS RUSSIAN VICTORY PARADE -- THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR
The State Administration Council Senior General Min Aung Hlaing yesterday left for Moscow to attend the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) parade. He is visiting on the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
2. FILM INDUSTRY WORKERS’ KIDS GET HELP -- THE GLOBAL NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR
The Myanmar Motion Pictures Organisation are helping film industry workers’ children by donating school uniforms, notebooks, pencils, pens, and other essential items. Film industry workers and major film companies are contributing to families who are in need.
SINGAPORE
1.MISINFORMATION ADDS MORE UNCERTAINTY TO THE FOG OF WAR AROUND INDIA’S STRIKES ON PAKISTAN -- THE STRAITS TIMES
The dust from India’s air strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir had barely settled when a barrage of unverified claims and misinformation was unleashed online, adding further uncertainty to developments in the ongoing confrontation between the two South Asian neighbours.
2.BETTER COVERAGE, BUT EXPLOITED FOR CRIME? SOUTHEAST ASIA CONFRONTS STARLINK INTERNET DILEMMA -- CNA
It was Feb 20 when the first flights carrying Chinese nationals extracted from scamming compounds in the Myanmar border city of Myawaddy took to the sky.
VIETNAM
1.FAKE MILK POWDER RAISES ALARM -- VIETNAMPLUS Authorities are clamping down on rising fake milk powder brands entering the domestic market. Illegal producers have taken advantage of weaknesses in the law to promote false descriptions, such as that the products are safe and contain nutrients.
2.AI-DRIVEN RADIOSURGERY TO TREAT CANCER -- VIETNAMPLUS FV Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City has become the first hospital in Vietnam to procure a radiosurgery robot system integrated with artificial intelligence (AI) to treat cancer. It can treat tumours anywhere in the body without needing surgery.
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