Four immigration officers accused of the abduction and crypto extortion of a Chinese man and his Thai interpreter have been suspended from the police force pending further investigation.Continue Reading
The social media app TikTok has been a focus of concern that the Chinese government could access data on individual users. Whether the app poses a security risk remains unclear, but TikTok has now been banned from government devices in several countries. However, reports suggest that computer-based tools designed to collect data from publically available […]Continue Reading
JAKARTA: In a bid to increase the mass adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in the country, the Indonesian government has introduced a subsidy for the purchase of electric motorcycles. The 7 million rupiah (USS$458) subsidy for the purchase of the electric motorcycles, however, is only available to selected groups ofContinue Reading
SYDNEY: A state-backed Chinese company has won a contract to develop a key Solomon Islands port, a major victory in Beijing’s quest to gain a strategic toe-hold in the South Pacific. Solomon Islands’ government on Tuesday (Mar 21) announced that the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation had been chosen to leadContinue Reading
PATTAYA: Two abducted Chinese nationals returned to their home in Pattaya early on Wednesday morning, exhausted and dishevelled after their ordeal and the payment of a ransom.Continue Reading
NAKHON PHANOM: Police report many people rushing to close “mule” bank accounts they say were opened without their knowledge by scammers who fooled them into handing over their personal data.Continue Reading
The strict restrictions on the Chinese internet mean companies have “significantly less data resources for training purposes compared to Western competitors”, Lauren Hurcombe, a technology lawyer at DLA Piper, told AFP. Ernie Bot has not yet been launched for public use. China has announced ambitious plans to become a globalContinue Reading
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has received the first tranche of an IMF bailout programme, President Ranil Wickremesinghe told parliament on Wednesday (Mar 22). The crisis-ridden island nation was scheduled to receive a US$330 million tranche, the first part of a nearly US$3 billion bailout approved by the International Monetary Fund onContinue Reading
The listing comes as the global initial public offerings (IPO) market last year plunged from a record-breaking 2021.Continue Reading
Since returning to power in Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban have struggled to contain the Islamic State Khorasan province, or ISIS-K – the official Islamic State group affiliate operating in Afghanistan. Now, a fresh wave of assassination attempts on top Taliban officials has rocked multiple regions across the country and prompted fears of the group’s […]Continue Reading