Fat Leonard: Malaysian businessman linked to US Navy scandal escapes
Leonard Francis is at the heart of a massive million dollar bribery scandal involving the US Navy.Continue Reading
DMZ comedy ‘6/45’ a cause to cry for Korea
SEOUL – Kim Tae-geun walked into the cinema this weekend expecting comedy. He left deeply moved. “The movie theater was full of young boys and girls laughing a lot,” said the South Korean special forces veteran. “They were silent and some of them were crying at the end of the movie.” The film he watched, […]
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Rallies expected across Indonesia as anger simmers over fuel price hike
JAKARTA: Thousands of people were expected to join demonstrations across Indonesia on Tuesday (Sep 6), police and union leaders said, as anger mounts over the government’s hiking of the price of subsidised fuel in Southeast Asia’s largest economy. Under pressure to control a ballooning energy subsidy budget, President Joko WidodoContinue Reading
Societies cannot survive without the social glue that bonds people together: President Halimah
SINGAPORE: Societies cannot survive, let alone thrive, without the social glue that bonds people together, said President Halimah Yacob on Tuesday (Sep 6) at the International Conference on Cohesive Societies (ICCS). In her opening address at the second edition of the global interfaith event, she noted that the pandemic – andContinue Reading
China gaming crackdown: ByteDance cuts ‘hundreds of jobs’ from its video game operations in Shanghai and Hangzhou, sources say
The Beijing-based company has laid off or transferred most of its staff at Wushuang Studio, based on sources. Before the government crackdown, ByteDance had been relying on gaming as one area where it could diversify its revenue streams. Read full story Continue Reading
Selected SAF products now available online on Lazada
Describing the Lazada platform as “intuitive”, Brigadier-General Terry Tan, Commander of CSSCOM, said the e-store would support nationwide servicemen by bringing them greater comfort. The particular MOU will also open opportunities for exchanges in e-commerce experience, supply chain administration strategies and sustainability initiatives, a press release by Lazada stated. BGContinue Reading
In pictures: Typhoon Hinnamnor wreaks devastation along South Korea coast
The particular category-5 cyclone battered South Korea’s south-east coast and is going towards Japan.Continue Reading
Ukraine – the situation (September 6, 2022)
Summary/Overview Russia cut Nord Stream 1, its main natural gas pipeline to Europe, blaming it on sanctions and saying it would be long-lasting. Energy prices surged; European currencies dropped to multi-decade lows. Ukraine President’s office “explained” the Kherson offensive – or low visibility thereof – by telling the Wall Street Journal the goal was not […]
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Toward confessional solidarity in a world riven with conflict
Anyone concerned about the prospects for peace around the world should pay attention to the upcoming Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions to be held on September 14-15 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. One of the aims of the meeting is to reintroduce the language of peace and reconciliation to a world shattered by conflict and […]
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India raids payment firms over alleged misconduct and breaches by Chinese apps
The Directorate associated with Enforcement said it had conducted lookup operations under the country’s anti-money-laundering act. Work raids came several days after India’s Our elected representatives raised the case associated with Chinese loan applications in India. Read full story Continue Reading