Voter turnout at Singapore’s GE2025 the lowest since 1968, at 92.47%
Political observers said the likeliest explanation for the lower turnout in 2025 was that Singaporeans had already made travel plans before the election was called, taking…
Japan child population falls for 44th straight year
Furthermore, the proportion of children in the country’s overall population came to a record low of 11.1%, dropping for 51 years in a row.
Education minister becomes third acting president of S. Korea in five months
Lee Ju-ho, the deputy prime minister and education minister, is taking over as acting president of South Korea from Friday after Choi Sang-mok, the second in line for acting…
Spectacular fireworks light up Ho Chi Minh City to mark 50 years of Vietnam’s National Reunification
The event formed part of a wider programme of cultural and sporting activities celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April…
Nepal’s national flag caught in politics. Experts call for clearer rules
Nepal's flag has been widely and randomly used in various protests, campaigns and other events in recent years.
First batch of Hong Kong democrats freed after 4 years’ jail for subversion
Since large and sustained pro-democracy protests erupted in Hong Kong for most of 2019, China has cracked down on the democratic opposition as well as liberal civil society and…
South Korean ex-presidents Moon, Yoon likely to stand criminal trial simultaneously
These will be the first simultaneous criminal trials of two former presidents in 29 years. In 1996, former Presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo appeared in court on charges of…
Japan’s opposition parties find it difficult to attack PM Ishiba amid ‘national crisis’
The tariff issue seems to have created a kind of temporary truce to political maneuvering in Japan.
South Korean ex-president President Moon indicted over alleged bribery
Mr. Moon, who served as president from 2017 to 2022, is facing charges of bribery in connection with allegations of facilitating the employment of his former son-in-law at an…
Bangladesh considers Interpol to locate factory owners owing workers
The central bank has also been instructed to investigate commercial banks that provided loans to companies without properly assessing their financial capacity, an official said.