BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN -- Tourism officials from ASEAN, China, South Korea and Japan reaffirmed their commitment on Thursday to strengthen their cooperation to make the region more competitive globally.

The tourism officials discussed issues including the implementation of the ASEAN+3 memorandum of understanding on tourism cooperation, ASEAN+3 tourism cooperation work plan 2018-2020 and the promotion of international cooperation to make hotel service industry more attractive, dynamic and sustainable in line with the ASEAN Vision 2025. (ASEAN-Tourism-Meeting)

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HONG KONG -- Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam will lead a top-level delegation to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos with the aim to remind global political, business and media leaders that Hong Kong's enduring strengths and advantages continue to serve it well, the Chief Executive's Office said on Thursday.

The delegation, named TeamHK and comprising senior officials of the HKSAR government and major businesses, will be the largest and most high-powered Hong Kong delegation to attend the WEF in more than 20 years, it said. (Hong Kong-WEF-Chief Executive)

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NEW DELHI -- At least four people died and one seriously injured when a train hit a Bullock-Cart in India's eastern state of Bihar on Thursday, said an official in the Ministry of Railways.

All the victims were travelling in the Bullock-Cart when the mishap occurred in Bihar's Samastipur district, near the Hasanpur Railway Station. (India-Train Mishap)

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodian Natural Gas Co Ltd and Chinese firm CNOOC Gas & Power Group Co Ltd teamed up in importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) to distribute within Cambodia's market for the first time, an English-language daily newspaper reported on Thursday.

A local company's officer said the cooperation is to import the LNG to supply demand in the local market, as the company focuses on hotels and restaurants in the first-step plan. (Cambodia-China-LNG)

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TOKYO -- Some members of former Nissan Motor Co. chairman Carlos Ghosn's defense counsel have resigned from the case, with lawyer Junichiro Hironaka saying he has quit as of Thursday.

Following Ghosn jumping bail and fleeing Japan to Lebanon claiming he would not receive a fair trial in Japan, Hironaka told reporters that he had resigned as of Thursday and now had "nothing to do" with his former client. (Japan-Ghosn-Lawyer) Enditem

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