MANILA: The son of the Philippines’ late dictator Ferdinand Marcos will be sworn in as leader Thursday (Jun 30), completing a decades-long effort to restore the clan to the country’s highest office. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, sixty four, won last month’s elections by a landslide, securing the biggest victory sinceContinue Reading
The Philippines strongman is retiring after a career fighting drugs and crime that left thousands dead.Continue Reading
SEOUL: Southern Korea said on Thursday (Jun 30) that its Minimal Wage Commission had agreed on an minimal hourly wage raise of 5 % to 9, 620 won (US$7. 39) for next year, in the first such decision since President Yoon Suk-yeol took workplace in May. The pay hike willContinue Reading
MADRID: The market leaders of the United States, South Korea and Japan on Wednesday (Jun 29) expressed deep problem over North Korea’s missile tests plus said they would work more closely to address the threat posed by Pyongyang. US Leader Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Southern KoreanContinue Reading
KYIV: Indonesian Leader Joko Widodo offered on Wednesday (Jun 29) to deliver a message from Ukrainian Chief executive Volodymr Zelenskyy in order to Russian leader Vladimir Putin to try to boost peacefulness hopes . It was not immediately clear exactly how Zelenskyy responded to the particular offer made by JokowiContinue Reading
TAIPEI: A senior Taiwanese security official has contracted COVID-19 but has only light symptoms and has not had recent contact with President Tsai Ing-wen, the presidential office said on Wednesday (Jun 29). Wellington Koo, Secretary-General of the National Security Council, was confirmed positive by a rapid test after developing symptomsContinue Reading
BEIJING: Online searches for Chinese airline tickets on domestic and international routes surged on Wednesday (Jun 29), after Beijing said it would slash COVID-19 quarantine requirements and made changes to a state-mandated mobile app used for local travel. The unexpected moves mark a significant easing of rigid curbs that haveContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government has set a ceiling price of RM9.40 per kg for standard chicken from Jul 1. The maximum retail price of standard chicken in Malaysia is currently at RM8.90 per kg. These are chickens that have been processed, and are sold with head, feet and organs.Continue Reading
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan doctors and other medical staff as well as teachers will take to the streets on Wednesday (Jun 29) to demand that the government solve a severe fuel shortage at the heart of the South Asian country’s worst economic crisis in decades. Weeks of street demonstrations against cascadingContinue Reading
SEOUL: South Korea approved the first domestically created COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by SK bioscience, for general public use following positive clinical information, authorities said on Wednesday (Jun 29). The particular SKYCovione vaccine was authorised for a two-dose regimen on individuals aged 18 or older, with photos given four weeks aside,Continue Reading