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Malaysia pardon board to meet on Wednesday
Kyodo News, Published on 14/05/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim is expected to be released soon after the Royal Pardon Board meets on Wednesday, his party said Monday, putting him in position to become prime minister just as soon as he can secure a seat in parliament.
JD.com widens SE Asian presence with Tiki deal
Business, Published on 17/01/2018
» BEIJING: Chinese online retailer JD.com Inc has made an investment in Vietnamese e-commerce firm Tiki.vn, expanding its Southeast Asia business amid growing competition in the region from Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Amazon.com Inc.
Food wizards of Oz
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 15/01/2018
» Stepping into Bibelot Chocolates on Coventry Street in South Melbourne, I am in search of a hot drink after a stroll in the cool breeze. It was spring when I visited, with on-and-off showers and the temperature a brisk 17C, so hot chocolate was just what I needed.
Malaysia November factory output up 5% y-o-y, above forecast
Reuters, Published on 11/01/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's industrial production rose 5% in November from a year earlier, boosted by gains in all three major sectors, government data showed on Thursday.
7.5 yrs jail for female would-be suicide bomber
Kyodo News, Published on 28/08/2017
» JAKARTA -- A Jakarta court has sentenced a 28-year-old woman convicted of planning to carry out a suicide bombing at the Indonesian presidential palace in December to seven years and six months in prison, her lawyer said late Sunday.
Japanese firm opens noodle factory in Myanmar
Kyodo News, Published on 04/07/2017
» Japanese food manufacturer Acecook Co on Tuesday held an opening ceremony for its new factory in Myanmar, becoming the first Japanese instant noodle maker to produce locally in the Southeast Asian country.
Philippines' war on drugs: detentions, legal cases surge
Kyodo News, Published on 14/05/2017
» FOCUS: The Philippine government's war on drugs, implemented starting nearly a year ago upon the assumption into power of President Rodrigo Duterte, has not only resulted in the deaths of thousands of defiant suspected drug personalities, but also left jails swelling with more inmates and more legal cases piling up, authorities recently said.
Indonesian visitors to Japan soaring to record levels
Published on 24/03/2017
» JAKARTA - The number of Indonesian travellers to Japan reached an all-time high of 17,900 in February, up 49.6% from a year ago, due to affordable plane tickets, the increasingly stable Indonesian economy and the easing of Japan's visa rules, according to the Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO).
Japan keen on KL-Singapore high-speed train
Published on 16/11/2016
» TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an appeal to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Wednesday over Japan's interest in a proposed high-speed railway line linking Malaysia's biggest city of Kuala Lumpur with Singapore.
Japan injects more investments in Cambodia amid uncertainty
Published on 21/08/2016
» PHNOM PENH - Despite expressing some unhappy feelings about their business operations in Cambodia, Japan has injected more investments to this small Southeast Asian nation in recent years.