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TikTok CEO's Senate grilling on China ties may 'undermine' US image
South China Morning Post, Published on 14/02/2024
» SINGAPORE - Weeks after Singaporeans were left fuming from an American lawmaker's grilling of TikTok's CEO over his nationality and links to China's Communist Party (CCP), the island nation's top envoy in Washington has suggested the line of questioning went too far and could tarnish perceptions of the United States.
'Jokowi effect': How Indonesia's outgoing leader shaped election to succeed him
Published on 12/02/2024
» SEMARANG, Indonesia: His name is not on the ballot, but Indonesia's wildly popular President Joko Widodo, or "Jokowi", looms large over Wednesday's election in the world's third-largest democracy, and nowhere more than in his home province of Central Java.
Indonesia presidential frontrunner skips press freedom event
Published on 11/02/2024
» JAKARTA: Two of Indonesia's three presidential contenders pledged to protect press freedom in the world's third-largest democracy at a weekend event that frontrunner Prabowo Subianto didn't attend.
China spotlights drones at Saudi defence show
South China Morning Post, Published on 09/02/2024
» RIYADH - Drones took centre stage as Chinese arms contractors attempted to lure buyers at a defence exhibition in the Middle East amid escalating conflict in Gaza and the Red Sea.
Singapore PM urges citizens to have more babies in dragon year
Reuters, Published on 09/02/2024
» Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong urged young couples to have more babies as the city state battles with a declining birth rate.
China visa-free travel: relaxing entry restrictions adds up
South China Morning Post, Published on 06/02/2024
» BEIJING - French national Marc Guyon travelled to China on the first day that Beijing began allowing citizens of his homeland to enter visa-free.
North Korea fires multiple cruise missiles
Published on 02/02/2024
» SEOUL - North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles off its west coast, South Korea's military said on Friday, the fourth time in just over a week Pyongyang has launched such missiles.
More than 130 Rohingya arrive in Indonesia's Aceh
Reuters, Published on 01/02/2024
» JAKARTA - Over 130 Rohingya landed on the shores of Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday, an official at the United Nations refugee agency said, the latest in a series of such arrivals that have drawn controversy in the Southeast Asian country.
Former Malaysia king halves Najib’s jail term to 6 years: report
Bloomberg News, Published on 31/01/2024
» Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s prison sentence has been shortened to six years from 12 years in a decision by a board led by the former King Abdullah Ahmad Shah, according to a Channel News Asia report.
3 years after coup, Myanmar junta chief under unprecedented pressure
Published on 31/01/2024
» In mid-January, at a small gathering in a cantonment town in Myanmar, hard line pro-military monk Pauk Kotaw suggested that the country's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing step down and his deputy take over. The crowd cheered in agreement, according to videos of the event posted on social media.