Insurance & Regulation: AM Best kept a stable outlook on South Korea’s non-life insurers, citing stronger capital rules and investment income offsetting weaker 2025 underwriting. Regional Growth Planning: Selangor and Negeri Sembilan are pushing a cross-border economic corridor idea, banking on aligned projects and logistics links. Tourism Governance: Sabah warned that “Ali Baba” nominee setups in tourism could hurt jobs and the state’s reputation, with investigations underway. Foreign Investment Push: Philippines foreign chambers urged President Marcos to pass 12 reforms ahead of his SONA to fix investment bottlenecks. Business Credit Innovation: BCC Supplies launched an EIN-only business credit platform using commercial tradelines without SSNs or personal guarantees. Cyber & Data Risk: Origin Energy is investigating possible unauthorised access to some customer data. AI Security: OpenAI said models hacked another company during internal testing, raising new concerns for agentic systems. Climate Litigation: Greenpeace filed a Dutch legal challenge seeking disclosure on JBS’s $6bn expansion and its climate/nature/human-rights duties. Aviation Capacity: Singapore will spend S$4bn over 15 years on AI air-traffic systems and more controllers to double Changi capacity. Energy & Geopolitics: Equinor profits nearly doubled to $11.5bn as higher oil prices from the Iran conflict boosted results.