Parties bank on Asian-Australian candidates at May election Down Under
More than 17 percent of the country’s population of 27 million are Asian-Australian. Currently, 12 of the 227 MPs – or 5 percent – are Asian-Australian.
National affairs
First step to transparency: The Jakarta Post
After months of minimal, or even non-existent, communications between the media and the President and his ministers, the interview on Sunday at Mr. Prabowo’s mansion in Bogor,…
Cambodia’s tallest bridge temporarily opens for Khmer New Year
The 90-metre tall structure will be open during the day until April 17.
AI wave reshaping China’s job market landscape
Some traditional internet companies have also been actively seeking AI talent.
Myanmar marks new year festival mourning quake losses
Two weeks on from the disaster which killed over 3,600, hundreds are still staying in tent encampments peppered among pancaked apartment blocks, razed tea shops and demolished…
Criminal trial for ousted South Korean president Yoon to begin behind closed doors
Mr. Yoon becomes fifth ex-president to stand criminal trial as a defendant.
New AI guidelines for Bhutan’s civil servants
The guideline aims to equip civil servants with necessary tools and knowledge to effectively utilise the benefits of generative AI, while safeguarding national interest, ethical…
Cambodia’s Environment ministry announce distribution of water filters, clean stoves to communities
The initiative will cover all of the Kingdom’s rural regions, with the aim of distributing 600,000 stoves and 620,000 water purifiers. The free distribution of these items is…
Japan ruling coalition eyes cash handout plan amid U.S. tariffs, rising prices
Some LDP members have suggested the handout amount to be around ¥30,000 to ¥50,000 per person, while some in Komeito call for ¥100,000.
Victimised twice over: Philippine Daily Inquirer
Fake news, disinformation, and online abuse, long a mainstay of the Duterte years, spiked to fresh heights against families of drug war victims in the wake of Mr. Duterte’s…