JAKARTA -- The death toll of landslides at a quarry located in Indonesia's West Java province rose to 21 on Monday, with four others still missing, an official said.
The search and rescue operation resumed on Monday after a suspension on Sunday due to further landslides, said Mamang Fatmono, acting head of the operational unit of the provincial search and rescue office. (Indonesia-Landslides-Death Toll)
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YANGON -- Over 1,000 households have been displaced in northern Myanmar's Kachin state due to the rising Ayeyarwady River, according to the Myanmar Fire Services Department on Monday.
As of Monday, a total of 55,117 people from 1,165 households have been relocated to safer areas, an official from the department told Xinhua. (Myanmar-River Rising)
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HONG KONG -- Hong Kong will maintain its economic growth target of between 2 and 3 percent for the entire year of 2025, Paul Chan, financial secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, said Monday.
During a Legislative Council meeting, Chan said that in the first quarter of this year, Hong Kong's economy demonstrated resilience, with real GDP growing by 3.1 percent year on year. Recent data indicates that the economic momentum has continued into the second quarter. (Hong Kong-GDP)
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TOKYO -- Four people were found dead in a suspected murder-suicide on Monday in the western Japanese prefecture of Osaka, local media reported.
An emergency call was made around 6:20 a.m. local time to report a man collapsed on a street in Suita City in Osaka Prefecture. The 26-year-old man was later pronounced dead at a hospital, Kyodo News reported. (Japan-Crime) Enditem
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