New Zealand pilot taken hostage in Indonesia: Papuan rebel group https://ift.tt/bZwGjeL

Allure of Japan’s powder snow a growing danger as more tourists ski backcountry https://ift.tt/qvY2CG1

Bersatu lodges report with Malaysia’s anti-graft agency against PH, BN for alleged ‘lavish’ GE15 campaign spending https://ift.tt/QolxAh6

Thai PM confident foreign tourist numbers will exceed 30 million in 2023 https://ift.tt/hUy1Sqf

Myanmar refugees in Malaysia struggle to get a place in school, find limited opportunities https://ift.tt/usZT6Or

On the water with Myanmar’s ‘river cleaners’ https://ift.tt/I1AcE7o

Marvel superheroes return to Chinese cinemas after nearly four years https://ift.tt/bL7fiQS

Taiwan to speed drone development, take lessons from Ukraine war https://ift.tt/ikBta7F

Indonesia to prevent peatland fires using ‘weather modification technology’ https://ift.tt/REI5j28

India opens its largest helicopter factory in new defence push https://ift.tt/2giGxK4