MANILA (AFP) – Rodzon Enriquez’s skeletal remains are pulled out of a coffin-sized tomb in Manila and placed in a body bag. Five years after the 21-year-old was killed in the Philippines’ drug war, the lease on his grave is expiring. Activists estimate tens of thousands of people have died since President Rodrigo Duterte ordered […]
SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Amid concerns over a resurgence in Covid-19 cases, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has decided to prohibit all rallies planned to take place in the capital around the Aug 15 Liberation Day. It recently notified civic organisations of the decision, expressing worries over the possible spread of the infectious […]
It is hard to imagine life without our electronic devices today, but people had just as much – or perhaps even more – fun unwinding in the pre-Netflix or Xbox days. The National Archives of Singapore’s Favourite Old Pastimes collection on its Blast from the Past microsite offers plenty of proof through a diverse array […]
Indonesia is extending a partial lockdown till Sunday as it battles a record surge in Covid-19 cases caused by the more infectious Delta variant. Under the emergency curbs imposed on July 3 and due to lapse yesterday, grocery stores and supermarkets on Java and Bali islands, which account for two-thirds of Covid-19 cases nationwide, have […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Beijing said it would “strictly regulate” the after-school tutoring sector as part of stepped-up efforts to cut the cost of having children and help raise China’s birth rate. “Population is key for sustainable economic development,” the Central Committee of China’s ruling Communist party and the State Council said in a joint statement […]
SINGAPORE – Dining in and other mask-off activities that carry a higher risk of Covid-19 infection will be banned once more when Singapore reverts to phase two (heightened alert) measures from Thursday (July 22) till Aug 18. All food and beverage (F&B) establishments, including hawker centres and foodcourts, will be allowed to offer only takeaway […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Think of it as Amazon, but for cows, goats and sheep. And this holiday season, the sales are skyrocketing. Every year, farmers in Bangladesh, home to about 10 percent of the world’s Muslim population, rear millions of animals for sacrifice during the festival of Eid al-Adha, the commemoration of a sacrifice made […]
Accusations of hacking and other moves by the Biden administration have surprised and angered China’s leaders, who are pushing back with punitive actions and vitriol of their own. By Steven Lee Myers and Amy Qin From China’s perspective, the blows from the United States just keep coming. Sanctions and export controls over the crackdown in […]
SINGAPORE – Many of the more than 400 nightlife establishment operators in Singapore have fully complied with Covid-19 requirements. But some have not been responsible, with nearly 600 breaches detected since October last year, said the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) in a joint statement on Tuesday (July 20). Nightlife establishments […]
SINGAPORE – All in-person co-curricular activities (CCAs) and non-essential enrichment lessons in schools will be suspended until further notice. In addition, for physical education classes, schools will conduct individual mask-off activities only in outdoor or well-ventilated venues, said the Ministry of Education (MOE) on Tuesday (July 20). These are among the additional precautions that will […]