Indonesia football crush: Two jailed over Kanjuruhan stadium deaths
2023-03-09
The convictions are Indonesia’s first rulings on last year’s stadium crush where 135 people died.Continue Reading
Philippine cop cleanse more theater than reality
2023-03-09
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
South Korea’s Yoon to visit Japan, first such trip in 12 years
2023-03-09
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
Court settles acrimonious custody battle over 11-year-old son with neurodevelopment disorders
2023-03-09
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
Nepal plane makes emergency landing after ‘indication of fire’ in engine
2023-03-09
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
Authorities relent on tourists’ school uni craze
2023-03-09
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
Why sabotage is a growing form of warfare in Ukraine
2023-03-09
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
Jail for man who drove without licence, was high on pain medicine and also stole milk powder
2023-03-09
SINGAPORE: A man without a driving licence wanted to take his family out, so he bought identification details from chat app Telegram that allowed him to rent a car. But he was high on pain and cough medicines that he had deliberately consumed, and got into multiple accidents, one afterContinue Reading
Chiang Mai air pollution among world’s worst, masks distributed to residents
2023-03-09
BANGKOK: Thailand’s popular tourist destination Chiang Mai was shrouded in unhealthy air on Thursday (Mar 9), with its air quality ranked second worst in the world. At 12pm, Chiang Mai’s Air Quality Index (AQI) reading in Chang Phueak subdistrict was recorded at 187 – an unhealthy level – according toContinue Reading
More electric motorcycles on Singapore’s roads but speed bumps ahead for mass adoption
2023-03-09
Consumers are wary of buying in due to the price and a lack of charging facilities, said industry experts.Continue Reading