Thematic image. The city-state hanged a 59-year-old man on Wednesday for drug trafficking, authorities said, the second execution in the city-state in less than a week. PHOTO: UNSPLASH ...

Ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina now a diplomatic headache for India Sending the 76-year-old back risks undermining India’s standing with its other neighbours in South Asia, where it is waging ...

South Korea’s weapons in war against suicides On the front lines of suicide prevention, the country combines tech, detailed targeting of hazardous materials, and human intervention.

South Korea’s juvenile offenders on steady rise Those aged 14 and younger cannot be held criminally responsible for their actions.

SEOUL – To enhance the nation’s digital skills and competitiveness, South Korea is rolling out a new initiative aimed at improving digital capabilities among adults aged 30 and older. The government ...

KUALA LUMPUR – “HE was in drag?” I asked a Datuk friend of mine who attended Singaporean stand-up comedian Kumar’s show in Kuala Lumpur on Friday night. My friend sent me a photograph of Kumarason ...

AI enhances flood warnings but cannot erase risk of disaster I has supercharged weather forecasting, using a range of statistical tools to analyze years of historical data and predict patterns, and at ...

SEOUL – The news that novelist Han Kang has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature came as a wonderful surprise to the Korean people. We feel it’s been a long time coming: Whereas Japan already has ...

JAKARTA – Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) chairman and the youngest son of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Kaesang Pangarep, announced the birth of his first child, a daughter, on Tuesday. Kaesang ...

BANGKOK – He is among the 18 iCon Group executives facing the charge of scamming people and disseminating false information via a computer system. Of the detainees, the CEO and 11 executives were ...

At the meeting, PM Chinh thanked Sultan Bolkiah for sending a message of sympathy and emergency aid to help Vietnam overcome the consequences of typhoon Yagi, emphasising that… ...