BANGKOK: Authorities in Thailand issued flash flood warnings for eight southern provinces on Monday (Oct 17) ahead of more rain expected this week, with areas in nearly 40 per cent of the country’s provinces still inundated and dealing with flood waters. The warning includes the resort island of Phuket, whereContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s national budget for 2023 will be tabled again before the end of this year, said caretaker prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Monday (Oct 17). He said that Budget 2023 must be debated and approved by the House of Representatives or Dewan Rakyat so that the essenceContinue Reading
K-pop boy band BTS members will serve mandatory military service, starting with its oldest member Jin, their agency said on Monday (Oct 17). “All other members will also serve mandatory military duty according to their plans,” their management group HYBE said in a regulatory filing.Continue Reading
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ordered an investigation on Monday (Oct 17) into Unification Church, after the assassination of former premier Shinzo Abe in July revealed close ties between it and the ruling party lawmakers. Support for Kishida’s government has tumbled to its lowest level since he took officeContinue Reading
SEOUL: South Korea’s troops kicked off their annual Hoguk defence drills on Monday (Oct 17), designed to boost their ability to respond to North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats amid simmering tension over both sides’ military activities. The drills, due to end on Saturday, are the latest in a seriesContinue Reading
Since 2020, at least 215 people, including 17 minors, have been charged with breaking Thailand’s controversial lèse-majesté law
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SEOUL: Shares of South Korea’s Kakao Corp plunged on Monday (Oct 17) after a widespread outage in the country’s largest mobile chat app triggered a sharp political backlash and calls for increased scrutiny of the company’s market dominance. The outage was caused by a fire at a data centre south ofContinue Reading
SEOUL: Shares in South Korea’s Kakao plunged more than 9 per cent on Monday (Oct 17) after a fire at a data centre south of Seoul damaged servers on the weekend, causing an extensive service outage in the country’s main chat app. The outage of the chat app, predominantly usedContinue Reading
That option is partly targeted at “interference” by external forces, he stated. Beijing faces renewed criticism from the West over aggression towards Taiwan. Tensions between Beijing and the West went up in August following United States House Loudspeaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taipei. When questioned how Mr Xi will balanceContinue Reading
During the speech, thunderous clapping greeted Xi’s mention of perceived successes, ranging from stamping out COVID-19 outbreaks to quelling unrest in Hong Kong. The longest and loudest applause came for his comments on Taiwan, as he stated: “Reunification of the motherland must be achieved and will be achieved.” Xi madeContinue Reading