JAKARTA: At least 10 people have died in the Indonesian region of Natuna on Monday (Mar 6) after a landslide buried houses amid heavy rainfall, the country’s disaster mitigation agency said. Junainah, a disaster official in Riau Islands province, said the number of fatalities may rise and that communications inContinue Reading
Amendments to Singapore’s elections laws include giving nursing home residents special voting arrangements, as well as updating election advertising laws.Continue Reading
After being displaced from their homes for days, residents in the badly hit Batu Pahat district told CNA that they are worried as the floodwaters have yet to recede despite the rain stopping.Continue Reading
The Move Forward Party (MFP) revealed its final election candidate for Bangkok on Monday, hoping for a landslide win in the capital at the coming general election.Continue Reading
The Move Forward Party (MFP) revealed its final election candidate for Bangkok on Monday, hoping for a landslide win in the capital at the coming general election.Continue Reading
The opposition camp plans to lodge another petition against suspended Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob with the Constitutional Court, asking that it revoke his right to contest the coming election.Continue Reading
Seoul controversially agrees to pay its own citizens compensation rather than seeking money from Japan.Continue Reading
JAKARTA – Conspiracy theorists are having a field day after a Jakarta district court sought to order the postponement of Indonesia’s February 14, 2024, presidential and legislative elections until the General Elections Commission (KPU) has resolved an issue with an obscure political party that has never held a parliamentary seat. Legal and election experts say the […]Continue Reading
The Ministry of Health is reviewing the Infectious Diseases Act and aims to table amendments to it in the second half of this year.Continue Reading
Mr Sahlan, another resident affected by the blaze, said that he saw a lightning strike on the night of the incident. “After a while, I saw some sparks in the Pertamina compound … but there was no fire yet so I still sat around my house. “Later, when the fireContinue Reading