Another monkeypox case confirmed
One more confirmed monkeypox infection has been reported, this time in Bangkok, raising the total number of cases detected in Thailand to 11.Continue Reading
14-year-old among two suspects arrested in Katong Shopping Centre robbery
SINGAPORE: A 14-year-old male and a 36-year-old man have been arrested for an alleged robbery at Katong Shopping Centre. The police were alerted to the incident at a shop in the mall at 9.55pm last Friday (Oct 14). The male teenager and man allegedly entered the unit and threatened a maleContinue Reading
Japan PM Kishida orders probe into Unification Church linked to ruling party lawmakers
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ordered an investigation on Monday (Oct 17) into Unification Church, after the assassination of former premier Shinzo Abe in July revealed close ties between it and the ruling party lawmakers. Support for Kishida’s government has tumbled to its lowest level since he took officeContinue Reading
Flood-damaged Phuket returning to normal
PHUKET: Cleanup and relief operations were in full swing on Monday after the flooding that caused chaos on this southern island resort province on Sunday drained off and life began returning to normal.Continue Reading
Time for multinationals to change their record on Asia
The warning lights are blinking on the dashboard of the world economy. Germany has slashed its economic outlook for the next two years, predicting negative growth in 2022. Britain is also forecasting contractions as it struggles to stay on top of skyrocketing bond yields. Inflation in the US is at a four-decade high, and the […]Continue Reading
Hun Sen’s French legal foray backfires
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen thought that by bringing charges of defamation against me in Paris he could silence criticism of his regime from abroad. The venture has had the opposite effect, with the court rejecting his claims on October 10. The prime minister brought the case against me in response to my public statements […]Continue Reading
New discoveries on human origins open up new possibilities
Discoveries in the fields of human origins, paleoanthropology, cognitive science, and behavioral biology have accelerated in the past few decades. We occasionally bump into news reports that new findings have revolutionary implications for how humanity lives today, but the information for the most part is still packed obscurely in the worlds of science and academia. […]Continue Reading
South Korea kicks off military drills amid talk of North Korean nuclear test
SEOUL: South Korea’s troops kicked off their annual Hoguk defence drills on Monday (Oct 17), designed to boost their ability to respond to North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats amid simmering tension over both sides’ military activities. The drills, due to end on Saturday, are the latest in a seriesContinue Reading
Thailand is using royal defamation laws to silence its people, but it won’t succeed
Since 2020, at least 215 people, including 17 minors, have been charged with breaking Thailand’s controversial lèse-majesté law
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Kakao outage sparks calls for regulatory scrutiny of South Korea’s top chat app
SEOUL: Shares of South Korea’s Kakao Corp plunged on Monday (Oct 17) after a widespread outage in the country’s largest mobile chat app triggered a sharp political backlash and calls for increased scrutiny of the company’s market dominance. The outage was caused by a fire at a data centre south ofContinue Reading