“We are seriously concerned that the exclusion of the NLD from the political process will make it even more difficult to improve the situation,” Japan’s foreign ministry said in a statement. “Japan strongly urges Myanmar to immediately release NLD officials, including Suu Kyi, and to show a path toward aContinue Reading
The United States, Britain, Japan and Australia on Wednesday (Mar 29) expressed their concern over the dissolution of Myanmar’s former ruling party and urged a more inclusive process to return the country to democracy. Myanmar’s ruling junta on Tuesday disbanded Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) andContinue Reading
“We are seriously concerned that the exclusion of the NLD from the political process will make it even more difficult to improve the situation,” Japan’s foreign ministry said in a statement. “Japan strongly urges Myanmar to immediately release NLD officials, including Suu Kyi, and to show a path toward aContinue Reading
Myanmar’s military regime on Tuesday (March 28) took the major step of deregistering the National League for Democracy (NLD), the clear winner of the November 2020 nationwide elections. The State Administration Council-controlled Union Election Commission (UEC) announced that following the release of the amended Political Party Registration Law in late January, existing political parties had […]Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has directed traditional Chinese medicine maker Eu Yan Sang Singapore to recall two batches of its Brown Rice Si Shen powder, after detecting aflatoxin and arsenic elements beyond permissible levels. The affected batches have the numbers 120 and 121, with respective expiry dates ofContinue Reading
Lee later realised during a stocktake that there were in fact 5,000 unused hats. He did not highlight the matter to NParks as per protocol, but instead told Mr Tan to order just 5,000 pieces from SBM’s supplier. According to court documents, Mr Tan believed at that time that the accused was requestingContinue Reading
A 24-year-old man arrested for spray-painting the number 112 on the wall of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok on Tuesday evening has been hit with police charges carrying up to seven years in prison.Continue Reading
He had said then that he intended to contest the charges and offered to step down as chairman of the opposition party until the matter was resolved. Yeo was also one of two people arrested in January last year for allegedly committing a criminal breach of trust and forgery in relation to his lawContinue Reading
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s Football Association (PSSI) chairman Erick Thohir on Wednesday (Mar 29) said he is scheduled to meet with officials from the sport’s governing body FIFA in Qatar amid concerns that the Southeast Asian nation could lose its rights to host the upcoming U-20 World Cup. “Thank God (we) haveContinue Reading
Since January 2023, more than 1,300 victims of such scams have been cheated of at least S$4.33 million.Continue Reading