Eleven people were injured as a plane slid off a runway while landing at Yangon airport in Myanmar on May 8, according to local police.

Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) announced on May 8 the list of 149 member of parliaments (MPs), with 26 political parties entering the House of Representatives of the National Assembly following the March 24 general election.

The Bank of Thailand (BoT) on May 8 held its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a third straight meeting, as widely expected, saying monetary policy remained accommodative while risks to financial stability remained.

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Lee Tae-ho on May 8 reiterated the Republic of Korea (RoK)'s policy commitment to deepening ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Eurasian countries for regional peace and prosperity.

An exhibition on Asian tourism and culture will be organised in Beijing, China, on May 16 as part of activities on the sidelines of the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilisations.

The Thai government is making efforts to sell some of its domestic supply of raw palm nuts and crude palm oil to ease its current high stock of 400,000 tonnes of oil, compared to the normal level of 250,000 tonnes.

Thailand’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) ranked third in digital transformation among six ASEAN member countries, behind Malaysia and Singapore, according to a study commissioned and announced by Cisco Systems on May 8.

ASEAN ambassadors and UN officials have sat down to examine the two organisations’ joint projects and cooperation activities within their Plan of Action for 2016-2020.

Thailand’s Election Commission (EC) on May 7 announced the list of 349 candidates who won seats in the House of Representatives in the March 24 election.

The US government has begun returning to Malaysia some 200 million USD recovered from asset seizures linked to the latter’s state investment fund 1MDB, the two countries announced on May 7.

Cambodia may be facing a salt shortage yet again this year as output has only met some 30 percent of local demand, according to the Salt Producers Community of Kampot-Kep (SPCKK).

Indonesia’s national volcanology agency issued a warning on May 7 to all flights passing over the Mount Sinabung volcano in Karo district in North Sumatra province.

Indonesia police said on May 6 that they had thwarted a scheme by an Islamic State (IS)-affiliated group to conduct suicide bombings on the day the presidential election results will be announced at the end of this month.

Cambodia's exports to the European Union (EU) could see an estimated decline of 513 - 654 million USD a year if the EU suspends the Everything But Arms (EBA) trade preferences for the country, said a World Bank's report released on May 6.