Overcrowding prompts limited access to Khao San Road
Police vow they must limit access to Khao San Road as the well-known alley was dangerously overcrowded by Songkran festival revelers on Thursday night.Continue Reading
Don’t let US-Chinese rivalry haunt tracing of Covid-19 origin
Although the global Covid-19 pandemic has not completely ended, the post-Covid era is coming. Life in Singapore where I reside has long gone back to normal, and I have traveled back to China twice this year for business trips. There is hardly any trace of the pandemic, and people are just working and living as […]Continue Reading
Woman gets jail for insider trading, bought Broadway Industrial shares for family
Hui Choy Leng sold the shares for a profit after getting inside information from her friend, the CFO of the group, before a planned sale of businesses.Continue Reading
Squeezed between West and Russia, India holds fast on neutrality
The arrival of Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister in New Delhi this week is, depending on whom you ask, either the routine meeting of a government official (according to the Indian side) or a chance to send a strong message to Russia’s president (according to the Ukrainian side). In fact it is neither. For the first […]Continue Reading
HSA issues warning for ‘herbal’ products after 2 women suffer steroid-induced effects
One of the products, D’SIHAT HERBA GOUT & SENDI, was touted to relieve pain while the other, Yanwo Chongcao Yanyin Qinfei Huatan Dan, was marketed as a cough relief product.Continue Reading
South Korea to pay US$490 to encourage reclusive youths to leave their homes; growing issue across East Asia
Those aged between nine and 24, and suffering from “hikikomori” will receive the monthly allowance.Continue Reading
Dalai Lama defended over tongue-sucking episode
The head of Tibet’s government-in-exile has defended the spiritual leader’s ‘suck my tongue’ request to boy.Continue Reading
Initiatives in place to restrict inflammatory content ahead of state polls, says TikTok Malaysia
Mr Hafizin reportedly said that for the upcoming six state elections, the awareness content it plans to create includes tutorials on how to verify sources of information. The six states set to hold elections later this year are Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Penang and Selangor. He also said thatContinue Reading
Malaysia PM Anwar considers opening 5G ecosystem to more technology partners
OTHER POTENTIAL TECH PARTNERS Who are the other potential players in the frame? The Finance Ministry official said that the lobby for China’s Huawei and other players, such as ZTE Corporation, which specialises in so-called cloud technologies that are vital to the 5G ecosystem, has been intensifying in the pastContinue Reading
New-era leaker charged; old type is still around
Folks inside the Beltway are crediting a Johns Hopkins University lecturer on foreign policy, Charlie Stevenson, with memorably identifying in his newsletter a new type of source for leaked documents: “the showoff who wants to demonstrate his inside knowledge.” The category may not be brand new – it may explain the motivation behind Donald Trump’s […]Continue Reading