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The 504th Territorial Army Regiment camp in Bukit Keteri, Perlis, has become the third location for the National Service Training Programme (PLKN) 3.0 scheduled from July 11 to Aug 24.

The 515th Territorial Army Regiment camp in Kuala Lumpur and the 505th Territorial Army Regiment camp in Pekan, Pahang, are the two existing locations, reported Bernama.

The national service training department (JLKN) said prospective trainees born in 2008 can check their status via the ePLKN 3.0 system from 3pm today.

“To ensure smooth registration and administration, selected trainees must confirm their attendance through the ePLKN 3.0 system by June 19, the deadline for acceptance.

“Attendance is mandatory. Failure to report without a valid reason may be deemed disobedience of orders, and action may be taken under Section 18(1) of the National Service Training Act 2003,” the department said.

JLKN said the Bukit Keteri camp is expected to be fully completed this year and will be able to accommodate nearly 500 trainees at any given time.

“The facility’s accommodation blocks, basic infrastructure, and training amenities have been upgraded to strengthen PLKN 3.0 as a platform for fostering identity and patriotism among the youth,” it said.

JLKN added that announcements for subsequent training series will be made in stages.

Myanmar claimed on Monday that “discriminatory measures” are shutting it out of the Asean bloc after a summit last week saw the organisation continue to blacklist the country’s post-coup leadership.

The 11-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations has shunned Myanmar from summits since the military in 2021 deposed the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and detained the democratic figurehead, triggering a civil war.

After five years of martial rule, the junta staged a tightly restricted election excluding Suu Kyi’s party that last month resulted in putsch-leading military chief Min Aung Hlaing taking over as civilian president.

At an Asean summit in the Philippines last week, the hosting country’s president Ferdinand Marcos complained there had not been “any progress in Myanmar”.

Myanmar’s foreign ministry, in a statement, claimed that on the contrary, “positive developments taking place in Myanmar have been well recognised by the majority of Asean Member States”.

“However, it is observed that a few Member States continue to maintain restrictions, discriminatory measures, and the exclusion of the Myanmar Government from equal representation.”

Asean is suffering from a fraying consensus over Myanmar, analysts say, with frustration growing over a lack of progress on the bloc’s peace plan to end the nation’s civil war.

Some countries, such as neighbouring Thailand, congratulated Myanmar’s coup-leader-turned-president Min Aung Hlaing when he was sworn in, pledging to make efforts to stabilise their shared border.

Others have remained aloof about Min Aung Hlaing’s inauguration following an election widely criticised by democracy monitors for cracking down on dissent and not including opposition parties and voters in rebel-held territories.

Watch a cheap commercial drone destroy a battle tank on the frontlines in Ukraine, or a cut-price Iranian Shahed menace Tel Aviv, then ask yourself why Southeast Asia’s defence ministries are suddenly very interested in unmanned aerial vehicles.

The answer was on full display last week at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, where vendors from Abu Dhabi to Pretoria were chasing deals in one of the global arms trade’s hottest emerging markets.

“There is huge demand from the market in Asia … very, very big demand,” said Mohammed Ayesh, director of acquisition and development at Resource Industries.

Malaysia says it will “seek further clarifications” from Norway surrounding an order for Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) after reports emerged that Oslo is reneging on a defense exports approval — likely signaling cancellation of the deal.

Malaysian Defense Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin said in a statement published on social media today that he had taken note of reports claiming the procurement is facing a supply issue along with Norway’s apparent change of heart.

In light of the reports, “Malaysia will use diplomatic channels with the Government of Norway to seek further clarifications and find the best solution in the interest of the country,” he said. Nordin did not mention if Kuala Lumpur will seek to recoup any payments made to Kongsberg or if alternative weapons are to be assessed as a possible NSM replacement.

“Norwegian authorities have concluded to revoke certain export licenses related to specific technologies. This change is due to Norway’s stricter controls of certain technologies,” a spokesperson for Norway’s ministry of foreign affairs told Breaking Defense on May 7.

“Norway greatly values its strong relationship with Malaysia, and we look forward to continued cooperation and our constructive dialogue with the Malaysian authorities.”

Malaysia and Kongsberg signed a deal in 2018 for supply of an undisclosed number of NSM weapons to equip six new Royal Malaysian Navy Littoral Combat Ships (LCS).

The “Ministry of Defense remains committed to ensuring the country’s defense readiness is unaffected and maintaining good bilateral relations” with Norway, he added.

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway’s Ministry of Defense and Kongsberg all did not respond to a request for comment by press time.

Should the cancellation go ahead, it would deal a fresh blow to Malaysia’s LCS program, leaving the navy in need of a new primary anti-ship missile at a time when the country’s lead ship, LCS 1 Maharaja Lela, has started sea trials after years of delay.

According to Kongsberg company literature [PDF] NSM offers “high survivability against all enemy soft and hard kill defence systems,” and is designed specifically to destroy air and land based targets out to a range beyond 300km (186 miles). It can also travel at high supersonic speed and weighs 407kg (just under 900 pounds).

A trial opened in a military court on Wednesday for four Indonesian service members accused of carrying out an acid attack on a prominent human rights activist, in a case that has reignited concerns about military impunity.

Three Indonesian navy marines and one air force officer, all assigned to the intelligence agency of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, or TNI, are charged with serious premeditated assault in the March attack on Andrie Yunus, a human rights lawyer and senior activist with the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence, known as KontraS, who suffered severe injuries.

Those on trial in Jakarta are Sgt. Edi Sudarko, First Lt. Budhi Hariyanto Widhi Cahyono, Capt. Nandala Dwi Prasetya, and Air Force First Lt. Sami Lakka. The charges carry a sentence of up to 12 years in prison if convicted.

Prosecutors allege the four men acted together but described the motive as personal. They said the defendants attacked Yunus with acid “to teach him a lesson and deter him from making disparaging remarks about the TNI.”

“The actions of the defendants who threw chemical liquid on Andrie Yunus, resulting in the loss of sight in his right eye and severe burns with no hope of complete recovery, were inappropriate actions for members of the TNI,” military prosecutor Mohammad Iswandi told the court.

Japan’s defence minister is touring Southeast Asia this week with what analysts describe as a clear, if diplomatically understated, mission: turning Indonesia and the Philippines into harder targets for Chinese maritime ambition.

Shinjiro Koizumi landed in Jakarta on Monday to sign a defence cooperation pact with his Indonesian counterpart Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, coming hot on the heels of Tokyo’s landmark decision to lift a decades-old ban on the export of lethal weapons last month.

He heads next to the Philippines, where Japanese forces are currently training alongside US troops in the annual Balikatan military exercise.

Japan’s policy reversal on arms exports now permits weapons transfers to 17 defence partners, in a substantial break from its post-World War II pacifist doctrine.

Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng has called on defence minister Khaled Nordin to provide a detailed explanation in Parliament about how Norway’s move to ban the delivery of missiles to Malaysia will affect the littoral combat ship (LCS) project.

The defence ministry has a contract with Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS to obtain naval strike missiles (NSMs) for the navy’s LCS project, but new Norwegian legislation on arms deals forbids the delivery of advanced weapons to non-Nato countries, according to defence news portal Malaysian Defence.

In a statement yesterday, Khaled said the Malaysian government would engage with its Norwegian counterparts to obtain an explanation and discuss the appropriate measures.

FULL STORY: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/05/08/khaled-told-to-explain-how-norway-ban-on-missiles-will-affect-malaysia

While traditional firearms are currently a more pressing problem, seizures of 3DPFs are on the rise, with worrying implications for the region.