TAIPEI: Taiwan’s government said on Thursday (Mar 9) it would allow the resumption of more direct flights to China that had been stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in a show of political goodwill to Beijing despite festering military tensions. Taiwan, which China views as its own territory, currently allowsContinue Reading
Police are hunting for three suspected drug smugglers after seizing almost 2.5 million speed pills and 10 kilogrammes of ketamine in Samut Prakan.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: The director of a car workshop was fined S$6,000 by a court on Thursday (Mar 9) for allowing his employees, including his family members, to illegally alter vehicle exhaust systems for their customers. The sole director of Man Exhaust Werkz, 30-year-old Muhammad Shahrudin Mat Nooh, pleaded guilty to threeContinue Reading
The convictions are Indonesia’s first rulings on last year’s stadium crush where 135 people died.Continue Reading
In January 2023, the Philippines’ Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government, Benjamin Abalos Jr, initiated a process of vetting top police officials. This process calls for the courtesy resignation of all generals and colonels of the Philippine National Police (PNP) while a committee of five assesses their involvement in drug dealing in the Philippines. […]Continue Reading
SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his wife will visit Japan from Mar 16 to Mar 17 at Tokyo’s invitation, his office said on Thursday (Mar 9), the first such visit in 12 years after Seoul announced a plan to end a protracted dispute over wartime forced labour. YoonContinue Reading
The woman said she pays and arranges for all the therapies for their son while the man says the “level of therapists” was not needed or justified.Continue Reading
KATHMANDU: A Shree Airlines Dash 8 turboprop made a safe emergency landing in Nepal on Thursday (Mar 9) after an “indication of fire” in one of its engines, officials said, in a country on heightened alert over aviation safety after a deadly ATR 72 crash in January. The Shree AirlinesContinue Reading
A tempest in a teapot over Chinese tourists wearing Thai school uniforms has ended with authorities conceding that the visitors mean no harm and are probably doing the country a favour by promoting it.Continue Reading
On February 8, Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist Seymour Hersh published an article detailing the role of the US and Norway in the September 26, 2022, Nord Stream gas-pipeline explosions. US officials denied the findings, while Russia, which previously blamed the UK for the attack, hailed the article as proof of Western involvement. There remains “no conclusive evidence” indicating Russia was behind […]Continue Reading