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Three-line MRT breakdown raises serious, troubling questions

SINGAPORE – Wednesday (Oct 14) evening’s power-related disruption affecting three MRT lines was the first incident of its kind in four years. It came after a relatively uneventful year, except for a six-hour disruption – also power-related – that affected the North East Line in February. Please subscribe or log in to continue reading the […]

3 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore; none in the community and 2 imported

SINGAPORE – There were three new coronavirus cases confirmed as at Thursday noon (Oct 15), taking Singapore’s total to 57,892. They included one case in a dormitory, said the Ministry of Health (MOH). No cases in the community were reported. There were also two imported cases who had been placed on stay-home notices upon arrival […]

Mutualism between HK and Shenzhen will continue: China Daily (Asia) contributor

BEIJING (CHINA DAILY (ASIA)/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – China’s reform and opening-up can be referred to as one of the world’s miraculous events over the past 50 years. During the process, Shenzhen has become the epitome of wonders, transforming itself from a small fishing village into one of the five advanced cities in Asia. Such a […]

Build on post-Abe momentum to put ties back on track: Korea Herald

SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Recent moves between South Korea and Japan have raised a cautious hope that their bilateral relationship, which has plummeted to the lowest level in decades, may begin to improve to the benefit of both sides. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who took office in September, has made it […]

PAS demands answer over Umno's threat to leave Perikatan Nasional as pressure mounts on Malaysian PM Muhyiddin Yassin

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s Islamist party PAS said it wants Umno, its partner in Perikatan Nasional (PN), to explain its intention to leave the ruling coalition amidst speculation that Umno MPs were amongst those who support opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s bid to topple Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s government. PAS Vice-President Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah said his party […]

The Jailed Activist Left a Letter Behind. The Message: Keep Fighting.

BANGKOK — The outspoken Vietnamese journalist and activist Pham Doan Trang knew it was only a matter of time before the police came for her. She wrote a letter last year and gave it to an American friend with instructions to release it upon her arrest. In the letter, she asked that her friends not […]

Umno chief Zahid an unlikely kingmaker in Anwar's power play

Malaysia’s latest political turmoil, triggered by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s bid to claim the premiership, has thrown up an unlikely kingmaker – Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid, the previous deputy premier in the scandal-hit administration of former prime minister Najib Razak, heads the most powerful faction in deeply divided Umno and […]