VINCENT THIAN

A worker loads stocks onto a container for shipping to the U.S. at Corporate Specialist’s furniture factory on the outskirts of Muar, in Johor state of Malaysia, Friday, April 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
AP PHOTOS: Furniture exporters in Malaysia race to beat Trump’s 90-day tariff window
After threatening to impose a 24% tax on all goods imported from the Southeast Asian country, Trump said Tuesday he would cut rates 10% for most countries for 90 days.
 
A worker carries a box of supplies for a Mixue store in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Make room Starbucks and McDonald’s. China’s Mixue and other brands win fans in Southeast Asia
Chinese food and beverage brands are gaining fans across Southeast Asia, offering alternatives to big name American chains and expanding Beijing’s commercial and cultural sway in neighboring economies.
 
Construction workers walk outside a data center building under construction in Johor Bahru town at Johor state, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Malaysia is betting on data centers to boost its economy. But experts warn they come at a price.
Johor in Malaysia is being transformed by the construction of giant data centers. The government hopes that the billions in investment as part of a global artificial intelligence boom will help it get rich by modernizing its economy.
 
Chinese girls dressed in Qing Dynasty attire take pictures outside the Drum Tower at Gulou East Street in Beijing, China, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
AP PHOTOS: Beijing’s imperial palace bustles with throngs of visitors in Qing dynasty costumes
During this time, China expanded its empire and its art and paintings flourished, as did clothing and textiles. Men and women wore full length elaborately embroidered silk robes and women wore hairpieces encrusted with flowers, pearls and gemstones.
 
A Scandinavian Airlines medevac plane arrives at Langkawi, where the Norwegian king is being treated for an infection, in Malaysia, Friday, March 1, 2024. King Harald V, Europe's oldest monarch at 87, was hospitalized after he fell ill during a vacation, the royal palace in Oslo announced Tuesday. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Scandinavian Airlines medevac plane lands in Malaysian island where Norwegian king is hospitalized
A Scandinavian Airlines medical evacuation plane has arrived in Malaysia’s northern resort island of Langkawi, where the Norwegian king is being treated at a hospital for an infection.
 
FILE - King Harald V of Norway leaves the Notre Dame cathedral after attending at the funeral of the Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, in Luxembourg, on May 4, 2019. Norwegian royal officials say that King Harald V of Norway has been hospitalized with an infection while on vacation in Malaysia. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
Norway’s King Harald, Europe’s oldest monarch, in hospital in Malaysia after falling ill on vacation
King Harald V of Norway remains hospitalized in Malaysia in the country’s northern resort island of Langkawi after falling ill while on vacation.
 
Hong Kong airport closure left travelers seeking answers
The reports began circulating near the gate area and were echoed online: Hong Kong airport, a major hub and the starting point for my flight home to Malaysia, might close. Soon after, the confusion set in. Airport workers started leaving.