Fast, factual wire coverage from across Malaysia and the region.
A fire at a battery recycling plant in Cambodia killed approximately 2,000 chickens and exposed serious gaps in environmental oversight. The facility was operating without proper permits or safety assessments.
Two women died and multiple people remain trapped after a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday, triggering an explosion at a major shopping mall suspected to have been caused by a gas leak.
A smokestack at a Nippon Paper factory in Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture collapsed following a major earthquake, leaving two workers in cardiac arrest and nine others unaccounted for.
A major fire at a Coupang warehouse in Incheon, South Korea has been brought under initial control after burning for 61 hours. The blaze forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents and required mobilisation of over 800 firefighters.