HKSAR govt to check if concert accident due to negligence
Two dancers were hospitalised after a huge video panel fell onto the stadium’s stage during the concert last Thursday.
Seoul mayor to expand efforts in building rental homes for low-income youths
The capital city's minimalist units will come furnished with quality electronics, including Samsung's top-range Bespoke refrigerator.
Southeast Asia clamors for China’s milk tea
Milk tea stores have mushroomed not only in China but also in Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand, with Chinese brands enjoying a boom in the region.
New laws on social gambling in Singapore to take effect from Aug 1
The new laws will set clear parameters for what is acceptable. It will also make it an offence for those under 21 to gamble.
22 Thai provinces in path of falling Chinese space debris
The rocket booster, for China's Long March 5B rocket, that propelled the spacecraft into orbit is now “dead” and beyond the control of China’s space agency.
Russian strikes in southern Ukraine kill owner of key grain exporter
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the country may harvest only half its usual amount of grain this year due to the invasion.
Step up targeted solutions to tame runaway inflation, economists say
In Cambodia, inflation has surged to 7.2 per cent year-on-year as of March 2022 on the back of stronger US dollar and rising fuel prices, eliciting anxiety.
Jokowi’s East Asian trip for pineapples and railways
On show was the President's down-to-earth diplomacy as he visited Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul last week.
Ranking, the politicised human rights
The politicisation of human rights is tangibly real yet counterproductive to the true test of human rights development.
Days of British Parliament as effective govt are numbered
After Mrs Margaret Thatcher was overthrown by her own party members in 1990, no British political leader has emerged to reverse the secular decline.