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Thousands rally in Malaysia
Kyodo News, Published on 24/01/2016
» KUALA LUMPUR - Thousands of Malaysians staged a rally in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to protest against the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact as the country's parliament was set to debate and vote on the multilateral agreement next week.
Myanmar: Exit poll puts support for NLD at 90%
Kyodo News, Published on 08/11/2015
» Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy could be set to pull in as much as 90% of votes in the country's first fully democratic general election in decades, according to an exit poll carried out by a local news organization on Sunday.
Reports of voting irregularities in Myanmar
Kyodo News, Published on 08/11/2015
» People in Myanmar voted on Sunday in the country's first fully democratic election in decades, amid reports of voting irregularities, intimidation and problems with advance ballots.
Malaysia to raise minimum wage to spur demand
Published on 23/10/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR — Amid the global uncertainty that could see Malaysia's economic growth slowing next year, Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak is pushing for a higher minimum wage and bigger handouts for the poor in a proposed 2016 budget announced Friday.
Japan lowers voting age to 18
Kyodo News, Published on 17/06/2015
» Japan's parliament passed legislation Wednesday to lower the voting age to the international norm of 18 from 20 at present in its biggest election system reform in 70 years.
Singaporeans call for Changi airport to be renamed
Published on 09/04/2015
» SINGAPORE — Nearly 12,500 people have signed an online petition calling on the Singapore government to rename Changi airport after Singapore's founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew who died last month, the organiser of the petition said this week.
Japan cabinet to see few changes
Kyodo News, Published on 24/12/2014
» Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resumes office today with a broadly similar cabinet tasked with re-igniting the world's number three economy following his mid-December election triumph.
Voting under way in Japan, Abe tipped to win
Kyodo News, Published on 14/12/2014
» Voting began Sunday for Japan's lower house election, touted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a referendum on his "Abennomics" economic policies and his steering of the government since his return to power in 2012.
Yingluck saw the coup coming
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 24/11/2014
» Yingluck Shinawatra said she knew from the day she became prime minister her administration would end up toppled from power in a military coup, just as her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, was.
Myanmar keeps anti-Suu Kyi law
Kyodo News, Published on 23/10/2014
» Nay Pyi Daw - Myanmar's joint house committee on constitutional amendment recommended in a report presented to parliament that a clause be maintained in the charter effectively barring opposition party leader Aung San Suu Kyi from running for presidency.