JAKARTA -- An ATR 400 aircraft flying from Yogyakarta to Makassar lost contact on Saturday around Maros Regency in South Sulawesi, Indonesian local media reported.
The aircraft, operated by Indonesia Air Transport, was scheduled to land at Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in Makassar. It reportedly lost contact at around 1:17 p.m. local time while flying over the Maros area. (Indonesia-Plane Accident)
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HONG KONG -- A spokesperson for the Commissioner's Office of the Chinese Foreign Ministry in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Saturday strongly condemned and firmly opposed the ill-intentioned legislation targeting Hong Kong, which certain U.S. politicians are again seeking to advance.
These politicians have attempted to strip Hong Kong's Economic and Trade Offices (ETOs) in the United States of their privileges and immunities, and even called for shuttering these offices. (Hong Kong-U.S.-Politics)
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SINGAPORE -- To welcome the Year of the Horse, eight magnificent steed lanterns have journeyed from China to Singapore's Gardens by the Bay. Yet, a visitor's first encounter is not with the horses, but with a winding, blossom-strewn path.
Created in China and inspired by an ancient classical ink painting of eight steeds in full gallop, the horses anchor Spring Blossoms: Gallop into Prosperity, a Chinese New Year floral exhibition that opened on Friday at the park. Running through March 1 inside the Flower Dome, a 1.2-hectare glass conservatory, the show brings together more than 10,000 plants, carefully arranged for the exhibition. (Singapore-China-Floral Display, FEATURE)
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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia has arrested a total of 75 online scam suspects in the latest crackdown on the cyber scams, said a press release from the Ad-Hoc Committee to Combat Online Scams on Saturday.
They were apprehended on Friday during raids on a hotel and a guesthouse in the capital Phnom Penh for allegedly conducting online scams and staying in the kingdom illegally, it said. (Cambodia-Online Scam-Crackdown)
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TOKYO -- Leaders of Japan's main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ) and Komeito on Friday formally named their jointly established new party the Centrist Reform Alliance.
It marks the first major political response to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's sudden indication of her intention to dissolve the House of Representatives and call a snap election. (Japan-Opposition New Party-Election-EXPLAINER) Enditem
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