Can Indonesia become a major player in the global electric vehicle market?
2023-03-03
Authorities expect EVs to account for 5 per cent of total vehicle sales this year, and twice that share in 2024.Continue Reading
Digital worlds diverge at World Mobile Congress
2023-03-03
BARCELONA – A record 85,000 attendees at the Mobile World Congress saw two radically different visions of the digital future. Developed market telecom companies think of 5G mobile broadband as a consumer technology and worry that their market is close to saturation. China’s flagship digital infrastructure company, Huawei, thinks of 5G as an industrial technology […]Continue Reading
Sanctions rarely work, but are they the least worst option?
2023-03-03
How do we encourage states – or more specifically the people who run them – to behave well, or at least not badly? The “we” in this context is the fabled “international community,” which usually amounts to little more than the United States and a few trusty allies. As Agathe Demarais makes clear in her […]Continue Reading
SMRT files police report after commuter blocks platform door, causing train delay
2023-03-03
SINGAPORE: Transport operator SMRT has filed a police report after a boy allegedly blocked an MRT platform door at Jurong East station, delaying the train on Tuesday (Feb 28). At about 5pm, a commuter on the east-bound station platform “deliberately prevented a platform screen door from closing”, SMRT Trains president LamContinue Reading
Malaysian jailed ex-leader Najib acquitted of audit tampering charge
2023-03-03
KUALA LUMPUR: Jailed former prime minister Najib Razak was acquitted of an audit tampering charge, a judge said Friday (Mar 3), but will continue to serve his 12-year prison term from another case. High Court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan said state prosecutors failed to provide sufficient evidence to prove theirContinue Reading
Another monsoon surge expected, temperature could drop to 21°C in parts of Singapore
2023-03-03
SINGAPORE: Following a record-breaking end to the month, the rainy weather in Singapore is expected to persist, with temperatures dropping to the low twenties. The Meteorological Service Singapore on Friday (Mar 3) forecast “periods of showers, heavy at times” to take place between Friday and Saturday, with another monsoon surge expected to affectContinue Reading
Thailand’s child activists face unprecedented court proceedings
2023-03-03
While mass pro-democracy protests have scaled down across Thailand, the crackdown on child political activists continues. Now, a legal rights group says the juvenile justice system is violating the rights of minors
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Michelle Yeoh thinks her mother would have been a ‘great movie star’
2023-03-03
The Everything Everywhere All At Once actress’ mum, Janet Yeoh, has always had a passion for the theatrical – and treats her like she was six years old.Continue Reading
Open season on China in Taiwan-focused US House
2023-03-03
US-China political tensions are on a new edge after two US House committees proposed more than a dozen bills that call for supporting Taiwan and sanctioning China. Among the bills: The Chinese foreign ministry has so far not commented on the bills individually but complained that US lawmakers held a hearing specifically to smear China. […]Continue Reading
Move Forward Party in Srisuwan’s crosshairs
2023-03-03
The Election Commission (EC) may be asked to rule on whether the involvement of the Progressive Movement’s core figures in the Move Forward Party (MFP)’s campaign constitutes a violation of election campaign rules.Continue Reading