INDONESIA — A new criminal code for Indonesia was ratified on 6 December despite strong opposition from academics and activists and replaced the archaic law produced...
SINGAPORE — Channel News Asia (CNA) published an interview on Sunday (18 Dec 2022) with two Meta staff who came to Singapore on Employment Passes (EP)...
SINGAPORE — Some over-the-counter medicines to treat fever, cough and cold are currently out of stock due to recent bulk purchases by Chinese nationals based in...
by Thomas Urbain with Alex Pigman in Washington NEW YORK, UNITED STATES — Twitter boss Elon Musk is looking for a new CEO, but the winner...
by Peter Hutchison UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES — The UN Security Council called for Myanmar’s junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi Wednesday as it adopted...
Below is an open letter written by Jeff Ho to the Senior Minister of State for the Ministry of National Development, Sim Ann and copied to...
KATHMANDU, NEPAL — Nepal’s top court ordered on Wednesday the release and deportation of Charles Sobhraj, the French serial killer portrayed in the Netflix series “The...
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Samuel Bankman-Fried, the onetime head of highflying cryptocurrency business FTX, agreed on Wednesday to be extradited from the Bahamas to face charges of...
MUMBAI, INDIA — India’s central bank governor warned Wednesday that cryptocurrency markets risked causing the next global financial crisis, saying the recent collapse of FTX was...
SINGAPORE — The Progress Singapore Party (PSP) has said it would be filing a Parliamentary Motion in due course to have a free and open discussion...
TERENGGANU, MALAYSIA — Terengganu, the east coast state of the Malaysian Peninsula, has been hit by worsening floods during the annual monsoon this year. With 37,792...
JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Indonesia will ban exports of bauxite next year, President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday, in his latest move to boost domestic processing industries....
BANDUNG, INDONESIA — A train along the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Rail (KCJB) derailed on Sunday (18 December) at around 5 pm in Cempaka Mekar Village, Padalarang, West...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — The Philippines said Wednesday it was “seriously concerned” over a report that China has started reclaiming several unoccupied land features in the disputed...
INDIA — It was reported in Indian news media last week (14 Dec) that Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is currently facing a class action lawsuit over...