Fewer than 20% women candidates in Japan’s lower house election
This figure is down 23 from the previous House of Representatives election in 2017.
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Japan PM Kishida earns mixed results in by-elections ahead of general election
The ruling party lost the seat in Shizuoka, one of the two seats closely watched as a bellwether of public support for LDP.
All parties in Melaka polls must follow Health Ministry SOPs, says Ronald Kiandee
The Health Ministry has issued a ban on election-related gatherings in Melaka from Oct 25 to Nov 27 over concerns of Covid-19 and SOP violations.
Malaysia and Singapore to finalise easing of travel restrictions, announcement expected soon
The Health Minister said he met with his Singapore counterpart, Ong Ye Kung, during a transit at Changi International Airport while en route to a World Health Organisation…
Mosque council mulls ‘simultaneous’ call to prayer in Greater Jakarta
Concerns over the liberal use of mosque loudspeakers in packed urban centers have been a topic of profound sensitivity in the Muslim-majority country
Yomiuri survey: LDP may struggle to win single-party majority in general election
The largest opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan could secure more than the 110 seats it previously held in the lower house, the poll showed.
Seoul’s first satellite launch vehicle fails to put payload into orbit
The launcher, Nuri, successfully traveled into a low orbit 700 kilometers above the Earth.
Najib postpones Singapore trip to help Umno in Melaka polls
He plans to visit his daughter after state polls on Nov 20
S. Korea prepares to launch 1st homegrown space rocket
The KSLV-II - also known as Nuri - is set to blast off from the Naro Space Center
China tests world’s most powerful solid-fuel rocket engine
Researchers are designing a super-heavy rocket - the Long March 9 - that will likely become one of the world's largest and mightiest launch vehicles.