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The Thai government is constructing a new bridge to link Chanthaburi province in eastern Thailand with Pailin province in Cambodia, with an estimated cost of 15 million THB (over 430,000 USD).

Four members of a family were killed after a landslide hit their house in the Indonesian province of Central Java on November 19, a local official said.

Floodwaters reaching more than 4m high on November 19 inundated thousands of houses in the northern Philippines which was freshly hit by Typhoon Man-yi.

The Thai Ministry of Public Health has urged the public to eat healthily and exercise regularly to minimise the risk of diabetes, a deadly disease that plagues over 6.5 million Thai people, or about one tenth of the population.

Hundreds of Filipinos were evacuated on November 15 to avoid Typhoon Man-yi, which is approaching the Philippines.

Thailand’s Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will start looking into the legal aspects of a small modular reactor project this month to prepare Thailand for using nuclear energy.

The Philippines on November 13 ordered evacuations ahead of Typhoon Usagi, while the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) sought 32.9 million USD in aid for the country.

The Philippines issued fresh weather warnings on November 12 as the fifth major storm in three weeks began impacting the archipelago following the recent Typhoon Toraji.

Multiple airports in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, have temporarily shut down, with dozens of flights canceled following eruptions from Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki in East Flores.

The Philippines’ rice imports so far this year have surpassed last year's level and can hit 4.2 million metric tonnes (MT) by the end of 2024.

At least nine people died after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki in Flores Island, Nusa Tenggara province, eastern Indonesia erupted on November 3.

The number of Vietnamese tourists to Australia has grown significantly after the COVID-19 pandemic, with nearly 178,000 reported in the past 12 months to August 2024.