QR code menus in Malaysia stir mixed reactions among customers
Those who prefer placing orders with waiters instead of using QR code menus cite convenience, human interaction, and personal touch as plus points.
As Korean youth exit restaurant jobs, foreign students step in — and grow essential
Despite wages that can reach $10.20 per hour, employers say it’s harder to hire local workers. Instead, part-time job listings are drawing students from abroad, many of whom are…
Passport shortage looms in Nepal
Currently, the stock of ordinary passports has fallen below 170,000.
Alleged hacker wanted by FBI arrested in Phuket
Pol Lt Gen Surapol Prembutr, commissioner of the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau, said the US citizen is 35 years old, and the FBI had contacted the CCIB earlier to request…
Time for Nepal to rethink blanket vitamin and nutritional campaigns, experts say
Nine years without a micronutrient survey, Nepal still spends millions on vitamin A and mineral drives.
In Malaysia, dubious health supplements thrive on social media despite repeated warnings
The Health Ministry is investigating the product containing glutathione, which violates food regulations and isn't approved for aesthetic use.
Philippines ranks among countries most affected by climate-related disasters
With its location along the Pacific Ring of Fire and its proximity to the Pacific Ocean, the country regularly experiences devastating typhoons and earthquakes.
Heavy rain floods 57 areas in Bangkok, but no link to upstream water
The flooding had nothing to do with upstream water or Chao Phraya River levels, as previously speculated. Instead, it was caused by the intense rain over a short period.
Brice Hernandez: How ex-public works engineer built a flood of corruption in the Philippines
The Commission on Audit has so far filed 29 fraud audit reports implicating Hernandez in a spree of anomalous flood control projects, which include ghost work, overpriced…
Shock, disbelief as Delhi blast linked to doctors in ‘white-collar’ terror cell
Police seized 2,900 kg of explosives and weapons linked to a terror cell, revealing a "white-collar ecosystem" of radicalised professionals, with suspicion falling on doctors…