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While Taiwan has reported almost seven million domestic cases this year, the government has pressed on with its re-opening.

Japan said the "test tourism" in the form of limited package tours is a way of gathering information prior to a full re-opening.

The various accounts by Malaysians arriving from Singapore today added colour and joy, as well as brought back life at the Johor causeway with the re-opening of the country's border.

Singapore welcomed Malaysia's announcement to reopen its border on April 1, noting that it can't pre-determine the date of re-opening on its side for now.

All SMEs will benefit through better facilitation of trade and business, SAMENTA said in a statement.

Overseas tourists began pouring into Bangkok and the holiday island of Phuket on Monday as Thailand kickstarted its tourism industry.

Thai authorities have given the green light to vaccinated tourists from more than 60 "low-risk" countries to skip hotel quarantine.

Here is a look at which countries are opening up across the Asia-Pacific region and those staying sealed off from the world.

Singapore's priority now is to speed up COVID-19 vaccinations before re-opening its border, an important part of the republic's recovery process, according to Finance Minister Lawrence Wong.

Experts cautioned against a full re-opening as India has vaccinated only about 5 pct of its estimated 950 mln adults with two doses.

The king of Wakanda joins the "Marvels Hall of Heroes", which re-opens its doors on Monday as England eases the next phase of lockdown.

The spread of more infectious variants of the virus has pushed up cases, prompting concerns that hospitals could soon be overstretched.

The park, which employs 17,000 people, closed between March 13 and July 15 last year, and has been shut again since October 30.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will serve as an important instrument for economic recovery and will encourage the reopening of markets.

Singapore, which is into its sixth-week since the re-opening of economic and social activities, has preliminarily recorded an additional 396 cases of COVID-19 infections today.

The Dutch state, as a signatory to the 1948 Genocide Convention, has a duty to take all reasonable measures at its disposal to prevent genocide.

Moves by Trump and his appointees to eliminate existing rules will be met with legal challenges, as many progressive groups and Democratic officials have made clear.

Consultations on PTPTN loans and admission to IPTA are among services provided at the Higher Education Ministry booth.

Almost 200 residents from 60 homes in Kampung Tanjung Kala have ended up stuck when their 200-metre (m) long concrete bridge flooded.

The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.

This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.

Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.

Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.

The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.