Capital of Johor, Malaysia, at the southern tip of Peninsular Malaysia
Singapore and Indonesia are expanding cross-border efforts to curb forest and peatland fires driving Southeast Asia’s worst haze in years. Governments are forming enforcement task forces while protests, health warnings, and school closures intensify across seven provinces.
Indonesian authorities have seized about 1.2 tons of liquid methamphetamine and 1.16 tons of ketamine hydrochloride in linked operations in Aceh and North Sumatra. Eight crew members—seven Indonesians and one Taiwanese—are in custody, as police trace links to international traffickers amid broader crackdowns on Southeast Asia’s drug networks.