Here are five Asian stories that one may have missed this week.

China on Monday launched Mengtian, the second and final lab module of its space station, which docked with Tianhe core module.

The transposition of the Mengtian lab module was also completed at 9:32 a.m. (BJT) on November 3, marking the completion of the basic T-shaped structure of China's space station.

Tropical storm Nalgae has killed 154 people in the Philippines, the country's disaster agency said on November 4. Over 100 were injured, and another 35 are still missing in one of the most destructive storms that hit the country.

On November 2, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr ordered officials to distribute relief packs faster and called for better preparation ahead of four more tropical storms forecast by the weather agency before the end of the year.

At least 141 people died after a British-era foot bridge in the Indian state of Gujarat collapsed on October 31.

About 170 people were saved.

Many were performing Hindu religious rituals on the 150-year-old bridge when it fell into the river below. Police have arrested nine people, including ticketing clerks and contractors, as they investigate the collapse of the bridge.

Thailand teenager Atthaya Thitikul reached number 1 in the Women's World Golf Rankings released this week, edging out 27-year-old South Korean Ko Jin-young at the top.

She broke into the top 100 for the first time in July 2021, surging to 61st position the following month with a stunning fifth-place finish at the Evian Championship.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired multiple ballistic missiles, including an intercontinental ballistic missile, toward its eastern waters on November 2 and 3, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing the Republic of Korea's (ROK) military. After DPRK's missile launches, the air forces of the ROK and the U.S. have agreed to extend their ongoing joint air drills "Vigilant Storm" in response, according to Yonhap.

(Cover: Screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Nov. 3, 2022 shows China's space station lab module Mengtian after successfully completing in-orbit transposition. /Xinhua)