KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Next week, the King will wrap up his series of meetings with political party leaders that started last Wednesday (June 9). So far, the key takeaways the public got from the politicians’ audiences with Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah are: PKR president Datuk Seri […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – Digital sex crime is now so pervasive in South Korea that the fear of it is affecting the quality of life for women and girls, with many victims saying they had considered suicide or leaving the country, a human rights watchdog said on Wednesday (June 16). South Korea has become the global […]
SINGAPORE – While Singapore remains religiously diverse, more Singaporeans reported having no religious affiliation compared with 10 years ago. This increase cut across most types of educational qualifications as well as all age groups, and was more prevalent among younger and Chinese Singaporeans, according to the latest population census released on Wednesday (June 16). The […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Malaysian durians have topped fruit and vegetable presales at a big Chinese retail festival, showing the pulling power of the pungent delicacy. The top-selling variety at JD.com’s 618 festival – China’s second-largest shopping event after Alibaba’s Singles’ Day – was the Sultan durian from Pahang state, according to local media that cited […]
SINGAPORE – A hawker centre at Block 79 Telok Blangah Drive will be closed for deep cleaning after a hawker there tested positive for Covid-19. The Ministry of Health (MOH) had said on Monday (June 14) that a 42-year-old Singaporean man who is a hawker at the centre had developed body aches on June 12 […]
Dickson Yeo had approached various people in Singapore, applied for government jobs to get info: ISD
SINGAPORE – Dickson Yeo had approached various people in Singapore, relying heavily on social networking platforms to reach out to them and gather information at the behest of a foreign country, said the Internal Security Department (ISD). He had also attempted to find jobs in a range of positions in the Government, thinking that he […]
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – Thailand’s Prime Minister apologised and took the blame on Tuesday (June 15) for coronavirus vaccination delays, while thousands of private companies and public organisations raced to secure doses imported by a royal-backed academy. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said hold-ups were caused by supply and distribution issues, after some hospitals in Bangkok were forced […]
KUALA LUMPUR – After Mr Asfan Razali lost his clerical job in March when the company shut down, his family survived on plain rice, mackerel and eggs. The 33-year-old then worked as a security guard but was laid off in May, just days before Malaysia entered a third lockdown on June 1. The family of […]
SINGAPORE – All stallholders at the Redhill Market and Food Centre will need to undergo mandatory Covid-19 tests after an infected person was found to have visited it. Announcing this on Tuesday (June 15), Radin Mas MP Melvin Yong said it was a precautionary measure to ensure the safety of those working and visiting the […]
SYDNEY (XINHUA) – Ocean waves in the Southern Hemisphere are becoming more powerful and are exacerbating Australia’s coastal erosion, according to an international team of oceanographic and environmental scientists. Dr Tom Mortlock, an environmental scientist with Australia’s Macquarie University, said his team plotted the trajectory of stronger waves and found the coasts of South Australia […]