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  • LIFE

    Relentlessly restive

    Life, Ariane Kupferman-Sutthavong, Published on 03/05/2017

    » 'I think they're just selling clothes here," said one of three girls, as they walked out of the narrow, circular corridor leading to an exhibition space at the Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre.

  • WORLD

    Malaysia ex-premier Muhyiddin charged with corruption

    Published on 10/03/2023

    » Malaysia's former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin was charged Friday with accepting bribes and money laundering linked to the alleged misuse of a Covid economic recovery fund.

  • OPINION

    Bangsamoro referendum a breath of fresh air

    News, Published on 19/02/2019

    » On Jan 21, voters in the Mindanao autonomous region in the Philippines voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to become a part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, a self-administered area to be created for Mindanao's Muslims.

  • BUSINESS

    Delivering success

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 11/12/2017

    » Asia's first driverless trucks began operating in October at the ExxonMobil plant on Jurong Island in Singapore, while fleets of autonomous delivery vehicles are expected to get rolling on Great Britain's motorways next year. These are just some of the headline-making developments in the brave new world of transport being promoted by the likes of Google, Tesla, Uber and major vehicle manufacturers.

  • BUSINESS

    PM turned pursuer: Mahathir aims to do the unthinkable

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 04/12/2017

    » Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad is confident that the Pakatan Harapan (Pact of Hope) opposition coalition, supported by his party and others, will make electoral history next year and end six decades of rule by the United Malays National Organisation (Umno).

  • WORLD

    Mahathir says no timetable for handing over power

    Published on 09/05/2019

    » PUTRAJAYA: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad defended his government's record on the anniversary of its election victory Thursday and reiterated that he will hand over power to his successor, Anwar Ibrahim, though he wasn't clear on when.

  • THAILAND

    Jarungvith named new EC sec-gen

    News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 09/05/2018

    » The Election Commission (EC) has appointed deputy EC secretary-general Jarungvith Phumma to the secretary-general post.

  • BUSINESS

    He's lovin' it

    Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 06/05/2017

    » Hester Chew calls himself "Thaiporean", a Singaporean who has lived and worked in Thailand half his life.

  • THAILAND

    Malaysian leader Mahathir, 93, feeling his age

    AFP, Published on 01/11/2018

    » KUALA LUMPUR: Leaning back in his chair and admitting he is feeling every one of his 93 years, the world's oldest leader Mahathir Mohamad says his second stint as Malaysian premier is taking its toll as he grapples with everything from fending off China to paying down a mammoth national debt.

  • LIFE

    Life, love, liberation

    Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 15/09/2017

    » In the sole Thai film showing at Toronto International Film Festival this week, a soap opera star stuck in a loveless marriage tangles with an eccentric hitman and a powerful cult. Samui Song is the latest feature film by Thai director Pen-ek Ratanaruang, who's fashioned a crime thriller that also plays as a critique of many things: patriarchal oppression, faux-Buddhism, public healthcare and the act of cinema-making itself.

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