North Korea has fired two short-range missiles into the sea, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. They were launched early on Thursday near the eastern port of Wonsan travelling a distance of 430km (270 miles) before falling into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea. It comes after anger from the […]
S’pore to update law on religious harmony to address spread of hate speech, identity politics The Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act has to be updated with the agreement of key stakeholders, including the people, Minister for Home Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam said. Changes to the law will be made with the agreement of key […]
Five men have been lynched by a mob in India’s western state of Maharashtra allegedly over rumours of child abduction spreading over WhatsApp. Twelve people have been arrested for the killings, which happened on Sunday, police told BBC Marathi. The victims belonged to a nomadic community and had been passing through the village, police said. […]
SINGAPORE – The Chairman of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan is visiting Singapore from July 23 to 27, on the invitation of Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan. Chairman Quan, a member of the CPV Central Committee, was hosted to lunch by Minister Balakrishnan on Wednesday […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Chinese negotiators will restart trade negotiations in Shanghai on Tuesday, July 30, “aimed at improving the trade relationship between the United States and China,” according to the White House. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will lead the American team, while Chinese Vice Premier Liu […]
Sri Lankans are up in arms over the alleged dumping of hazardous waste from Britain, including syringes and suspected human remains from mortuaries. The government has urged Britain to immediately take back more than 100 containers sent to the island nation that contained the putrid waste mixed up amid mattresses, clothes and plastics. Many of […]
Sri Lankans are up in arms over the alleged dumping of hazardous waste from Britain, including syringes and suspected human remains from mortuaries. The government has urged Britain to immediately take back more than 100 containers sent to the island nation that contained the putrid waste mixed up amid mattresses, clothes and plastics. Many of […]
HONG KONG — A lawmaker, a father, his teenage son and a woman who was too scared to show her face spoke Wednesday about an attack in a Hong Kong train station by a mob of men armed with sticks and poles. The assault on Sunday targeted people who were returning from antigovernment protests, and […]
MELAKA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – A 36-year-old Singaporean principal of a religious education institution in Tanjung Minyak, Melaka, has claimed trial at the Session Court here to three counts of sexual abuse on a 15-year-old male student. Muhammad Firdaous Abdul Rashif faces a total jail term of up to 60 years if he is […]
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Mass demonstrations in Hong Kong in recent months will have only have a short-term impact on its housing market, with pent-up demand and a shortage of land expected to support prices, realtors said on Wednesday. Real estate consultancy Colliers International (CIGI.O) forecast housing prices in one of the world’s most expensive […]