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Singapore proposes 'Asean Smart Cities Network'
Kyodo News, Published on 05/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: The city-state is proposing an "Asean Smart Cities Network" aimed at improving the urban living environment and enhancing business opportunities for Southeast Asia's 630 million people, according to a document prepared for ministerial meetings being held in the city-state this week.
Cambodian charter changes raise concerns
Kyodo News, Published on 05/02/2018
» PHNOM PENH: A group of Southeast Asian parliamentarians expressed alarm Monday over proposed changes to Cambodia's Constitution, and urged its parliament to reject them when they come up for its consideration this week.
Fire at Chon Buri factory
Gregory Morrissey, Published on 05/02/2018
» A fire caused extensive damage at a tube and condenser manufacturing factory in an industrial estate in Phan Thong, Chon Buri early on Monday morning.
Rohingya conflict a humanitarian crisis: rights group
News, Published on 05/02/2018
» Human rights groups have urged the Thai government and other Asean countries to treat the Rohingya conflict as a humanitarian crisis as over 120,000 members of this Muslim minority have fled Myanmar in the wake of a brutal crackdown by the military.
Changing our mindset from Me to We
Published on 05/02/2018
» In today’s fast-changing world, business leaders are all about keeping up with change and disruption to stay relevant. There are so many ways we can approach this in order to get ourselves and our organisations “disruption-ready”. Stepping out of our comfort zone is one way, while learning from our mistakes and failures is another.
BMW X2 xDrive 20d M Sport X (2018) first drive review
Richard Leu, Published on 05/02/2018
» Creating sporty dervs from traditional SUVs is nothing new, but the all-new X2 is more than just a raked X1.
2 die as US passenger-freight trains collide
Associated Press, Published on 05/02/2018
» CAYCE, South Carolina: An Amtrak passenger train slammed into a freight train parked on a side track in South Carolina early Sunday, killing two Amtrak employees and injuring more than 110 people, authorities said.
Hockey diplomacy: North-South Korean team loses to Sweden
Published on 05/02/2018
» PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: North Korea will send its nominal head of state and other senior officials to South Korea this week, Seoul officials said Sunday, as the rivals push through with rare rapprochement steps ahead of this month's Winter Olympics in the South.
China: US has 'cold war mentality'
Reuters, Published on 05/02/2018
» BEIJING: China urged the United States to drop its “Cold War mentality” and not misread its military build-up, after Washington published a document on Friday outlining plans to expand its nuclear capabilities to deter others.
Singapore: Terrorist attack 'when, not if'
Published on 05/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: Armed officers patrol a train station where television screens and giant posters warn of the threat from militants. Nearby, fake gunmen storm a shopping mall in one of many recent terror attack simulations.