South East Asia

A senior Japan-Cambodia Association (JCA) official said that his organisation will work to attract more Japanese investors to the Kingdom and help with human resource development, know-know and skills so that workers here can keep up socio-economically....

At least three people were killed and two others seriously injured in a house fire in Angkor Ban commune's Angkor Ban village of Kang Meas district....

Cambodia Post Bank Plc (CPBank) has partnered with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on a $10 million loan initiative to provide to the Kingdom's micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) to support their recovery after years of Covid-related ...

Gold fell 2.5 per cent on Friday, and more than three per cent from last week, after stronger-than-expected US employment figures for January boosted the dollar....

Prime Minister Hun Sen on February 8 received an antique teapot, said to date back from the 19th century, from an elderly couple residing on the outskirts of the capital....

The Ministry of Health on February 9 reported no new Covid-19 community cases and one new recovery....

Santepheap Health Centre, located in a remote and forested area in Stung Treng province, will contribute to the reduction of maternal and child mortality in the region, while providing access to primary health care for almost 20,000 people, according to P...

Prime Minister Hun Sen has requested that Japan support the hosting of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games by Cambodia this year by encouraging visitors and arranging direct or charter flights to Cambodia for the biennial multi-sports event....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Budget 2023 has more allocations for the agriculture sector and will aim to have more people in......

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — Veteran Malaysian singer Eric Moo will be returning to perform here after a five-year hiatus.The......

SINGAPORE, Feb 9 — In light of the improved global Covid-19 situation, mask-wearing will no longer be required on public......

Dozens of nations, including the Philippines, have extended support to Turkey after 2 successive powerful earthquakes struck on Monday....

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 9 — The Malaysian government announced today it has agreed in principle to a new Operating Agreement (OA......

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — National hockey player Hanis Nadiah Onn has been indefinitely suspended from the national team aft......

BESTARI JAYA, Feb 9 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today he would leave the investigations into the leak......

KUALA LUMPUR: Prior investigations by authorities on the procurement of COVID-19 vaccines found that all purchases were approved by the required government bodies, said former Malaysian health minister Khairy Jamaluddin on Wednesday (Feb 8). Mr Khairy sai...

BESTARI JAYA, Feb 9 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today that his administration does not intend to enco......

SEOUL: North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversaw a major military parade showcasing his most advanced weaponry to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the country's armed forces, state media said Thursday...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — The government must lead the way in digitalising the economy rather than the private sector becaus......

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 9 — The Malaysian government has agreed in principle to rebrand the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (K......

Speaking to reporters on board the presidential plane en route to Japan, Marcos said the Japanese government is helping the Philippine Coast Guard on equipment and other capacity-building measures....

BESTARI JAYA, Feb 9 — The Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) was not invited to the newly-formed Unity Governme......

Solar technology firm Nextracker raised $638 million in its U.S. IPO, pricing it slightly higher than its indicated target range, parent company Flex Ltd said in a statement on Wednesday, adding that the number of shares sold was increased. Nextracker sol...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — The Los Angeles Lakers are poised to trade Russell Westbrook to the Utah Jazz in a three-team deal that will bring Minnesota's D'Angelo Russell to the Lakers, US media reported on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Russell Westbrook of t...

NAGPUR, India : Australia dropped middle-order batter Travis Head and handed uncapped off-spinner Todd Murphy his debut for the opening test against India in Nagpur on Thursday.Touring captain Pat Cummins won an important toss and elected to bat in spin-f...

It promotes better work-life balance but snag is that it can incur additional costs for employers. Read more at straitstimes.com....

High growth eyed in advanced manufacturing for electronics, healthcare and aerospace; green and digital economies and R&D. Read more at straitstimes.com....

SINGAPORE: Current COVID-19 health measures for migrant workers living in dormitories will align with community guidelines from Mar 1, authorities said on Thursday (Feb 9). This will come about two weeks after the measures are stood down for the community...

SINGAPORE: Singapore will further scale back financial support for testing and treatment of COVID-19, although vaccines and oral antivirals will remain fully subsidised for eligible patients, the Health Ministry (MOH) announced on Thursday (Feb 9). The ch...

SINGAPORE — With Singapore moving to the lowest level of the Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (Dorscon) framework, individuals can now uninstall their TraceTogether app, while businesses can do the same for their SafeEntry business app....

SINGAPORE — Patients infected with Covid-19 will be required to pay for related testing and treatment from April 1 as subsidies and financial support related to the pandemic will be scaled down, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Thursday (Feb 9)....

SINGAPORE — Vaccination will continue to be offered for free and remain the first line of defence against Covid-19 as Singapore scales back on its infection control measures, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Thursday (Feb 9)....

SINGAPORE — In light of the improved global Covid-19 situation, mask-wearing will no longer be required on public transport and parts of indoor healthcare and residential care settings from next Monday (Feb 13), the Ministry of Health (MOH) said....

SINGAPORE — With the Covid-19 situation stabilising and causing minimal disruption to healthcare capacity and daily life, the Republic will lower the Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (Dorscon) from yellow to green from Feb 13....

From Feb 13, non-vaccinated travellers entering Singapore will no longer be required to take a pre-departure test....

The DORSCON level will also be lowered to Green and the pandemic multi-ministry task force stood down....

Microsoft, Google and China's Baidu are also working to develop chatbots that can mimic human speech. Read more at straitstimes.com....

LAGANGILANG, Abra Police arrested a drug surrenderer in a buy-bust operation here on Tuesday, Feb. 7. Suspect was identified as Sherwin Vanjon Damoasen Bernal, 37, tagged as a high-value individual (HVI) and surrendered under the ''Oplan: Tokhang&...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversaw a major military parade showcasing his most advanced weaponry to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the country's armed forces, state media said Thursday. This picture taken on Februa...

SINGAPORE, Feb 9 — A team of 20 Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officers have rescued a boy trapped in a collapsed......

The woman wanted to express her gratitude to her youngest daughter for her hard work and sacrifice as her caregiver after her stroke....

Cambodia announced that it has donated $100,000 in humanitarian assistance to Turkiye (formerly known as Turkey) as part of the ongoing relief efforts to rescue victims of a recent earthquake....