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The air quality index in Bangkok, its adjacent provinces and some northern provinces has reportedly improved following the first day of rain-making flights by the Department of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation.

The massive floods that hit five southern provinces in Thailand last week may cause damage worth 20 billion THB (580 million USD), according to the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAT).

At least three people died and more than 80,000 locals in seven states in northern Malaysia have been evacuated due to worst floods in a decade.

The budgeted salary increases for 2025 across Southeast Asia are projected to be higher than in 2024, according to a report by professional services firm Aon.

The Thai government is constructing a new bridge to link Chanthaburi province in eastern Thailand with Pailin province in Cambodia, with an estimated cost of 15 million THB (over 430,000 USD).

Four members of a family were killed after a landslide hit their house in the Indonesian province of Central Java on November 19, a local official said.

Floodwaters reaching more than 4m high on November 19 inundated thousands of houses in the northern Philippines which was freshly hit by Typhoon Man-yi.

Philippine authorities reported on November 18 that Typhoon Man-yi killed at least eight people and injured three others after landing in the country over the weekend.

The Thai Ministry of Public Health has urged the public to eat healthily and exercise regularly to minimise the risk of diabetes, a deadly disease that plagues over 6.5 million Thai people, or about one tenth of the population.

Hundreds of Filipinos were evacuated on November 15 to avoid Typhoon Man-yi, which is approaching the Philippines.

Thailand’s Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) will start looking into the legal aspects of a small modular reactor project this month to prepare Thailand for using nuclear energy.

The Philippines on November 13 ordered evacuations ahead of Typhoon Usagi, while the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) sought 32.9 million USD in aid for the country.