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Taiwan intentionally reduced mobile internet speeds to text-only capacity across Taipei and neighbouring regions during its Han Kuang military drills, demonstrating heightened civil defence coordination amid regional tensions.
A person died in a late-night fire at a Clementi HDB flat in Singapore, with two firefighters sustaining burn injuries during the rescue. Around 40 residents were evacuated as a precaution.
Taiwan is conducting its first simulated mobile internet disruption across multiple regions in August, part of broader civil defence exercises designed to prepare citizens for potential conflict with China or natural disasters.