China, ASEAN establish comprehensive strategic partnership
President Xi Jinping attended and chaired in Beijing via video link the summit commemorating the 30th anniversary of the dialogue relations between China and Asean on Monday.
Congress questions Prime Minister’s silence over Chinese transgression
The Congress questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “silence” over the alleged Chinese construction of a second village into the Indian territory in Arunachal Pradesh and…
In tactical shift, Jemaah Islamiyah militants infiltrate mainstream Islamic groups, politics
JI was nearly dismantled by authorities after staging a bombing attack in 2002 that ripped through nightclubs on the holiday island of Bali.
People, not numbers: The ambulance driver who worked to the end
The sheer number of Covid-19 deaths has made it easy to forget that behind the statistics lie stories lived by individuals who could and should have continued on.
China decides to downgrade diplomatic ties with Lithuania
Beijing said the creation of the Taiwanese Representative Office in Lithuania creates a false impression of "one China, one Taiwan"
Tasty innovations reignite Japan’s love affair with vending machines
While the number of vending machines nationwide has been on the decline, new technologies being applied now show promise in reinvigorating the sector.
Psychological well-being of over 100,000 upper primary pupils at risk: Education Ministry
Among several measures that will be taken to help at-risk students are counselling and instruction in relaxation and mindfulness techniques to help them cope.
Meet CEOs on metaverse – how doing business can work via virtual world
Metaverse, the fast-emerging digital platform of interconnecting virtual communities, will provide new business opportunities for budding Korean companies seeking investors for…
ICC suspension of drug war probe is an ‘absolute betrayal’, say human rights defenders
Human rights groups claim that close to 30,000 people, mostly poor Filipinos, were killed as part of the probe
Hopes for hydrogen as China tries to tackle carbon emissions
While electric and hydrogen fuel cells are regarded as two major technologies, the development of the latter has been lagging