SYDNEY -- At least 64 people have died in a major escalation of tribal fighting in Papua New Guinea's highlands, local media said on Monday.

Police in Wapenamanda, Enga province, confirmed that 64 bodies had been recovered from roadside, grassland and hills of the region since the fighting started early Sunday morning, according to PNG's local newspaper Post-Courier. (PNG-Killing)

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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand's Silver Fern Farms expects to enhance the understanding of the China market, and continue learning customers' feedback and need so as to expand their China footprint and share natural goodness from New Zealand.

Dave Courtney, Silver Fern Farms' chief customer officer, made the statement to Xinhua in a recent email interview. "China has continued to be our largest international market for four consecutive years. It accounted for 35 percent of our total export volume in 2022," Courtney said. (New Zealand-China-Investment)

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JAKARTA -- Indonesia has established its first hydrogen refueling station for hydrogen-fuelled vehicles and was planned to be launched at the end of this month, Indonesia's electricity firm said Monday.

The breakthrough was showcased at the country's annual automotive show on Monday in Jakarta. (Indonesia-Hydrogen Refueling Station)

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KABUL -- At least 25 people were killed and 10 others injured as a landslide struck a village in the Norgaram district of east Afghanistan's Nuristan province on Sunday, district Governor Qari Habibullah Sabir said Monday.

The disaster took place in the wake of heavy rain and snow in Tatin Dara area of Norgaram district late Sunday night, the official said, adding women and children are among the victims. (Afghanistan-Landslide-Death Toll)

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BANGKOK -- Thailand's economy expanded 1.9 percent in 2023, slowing from a revised 2.5 percent growth in the previous year due to softening government spending and exports, the country's economic planning agency said on Monday.

Gross domestic product (GDP) for the final quarter of last year grew 1.7 percent from a year earlier, up from a revised 1.4 percent growth in the third quarter, driven by rising private consumption, according to data released by the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Council. (Thailand-Economic Growth)

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia on Monday broke ground for the construction of a bridge across the Bassac River in the southern part of the capital Phnom Penh, with funds from China.

The ceremony was presided over by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian and attended by officials, local authorities, residents and students. (Cambodia-China-Bridge) Enditem

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