WCIT 2022 ends as Malaysiaâs largest tech event ever, Sarawak is host for 2023
Sarawak is 2023 host as Mâsia becomes 2nd country to host WCIT thrice
Penang believes WCIT 2022 has positioned it as global innovation hub The 26th World Congress on Innovation and Technology 2022 (WCIT 2022) came to its grand conclusion in Penang yesterday evening, officially becoming the largest and most prestigious technology…Continue Reading
US Senate picks up where Pelosi left off on Taiwan
WASHINGTON – On September 14, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) approved the Taiwan Policy Act of 2022, a measure co-sponsored by hawkish committee chairman Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC). If passed by the full Congress and signed into law by the Biden administration, the landmark act would signal yet […]
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China’s top legislator urges cooperation with South Korea on supply chains
SEOUL: China’s top legislator, Li Zhanshu, called on Friday (Sep 16) for more cooperation with South Korea on cutting-edge technologies and supply chain issues. Li, chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, was speaking in Seoul after meeting his South Korean counterpart, parliament speaker Kim Jin-pyo. Li was alsoContinue Reading
China’s top legislator hopes to strengthen cooperation with South Korea on supply chains
SEOUL: China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu said on Friday (Sep 16) he hopes to further strengthen cooperation with South Korea on supply chains, after meeting with South Korean parliament speaker Kim Jin-pyo in Seoul. Li also said he hoped negotiations on a China-South Korea free trade agreement could be accelerated,Continue Reading
Queen’s lying-in-state: China blocked from Westminster Hall
The Commons speaker reportedly refused access to Westminster Hall after Chinese sanctions on UK MPs and peers.Continue Reading
The amazing and unstoppable collapsing yen
TOKYO – There’s something surreal about the debate at Bank of Japan (BOJ) headquarters over whether to jump into markets to support the yen. Japan’s central bank faces the most intense pressure in more than two decades to intervene in currency trading, but unlike previous pressure campaigns, the BOJ isn’t being prodded to weaken the yen […]
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Higher rate of workplace deaths in first half of 2022, drop in number of injuries
SINGAPORE: A higher rate of workplace fatalities was reported in the first half of 2022, even as the number of reported workplace injuries fell, said the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Friday (Sep 16). There were 28 workplace deaths in the first half of the year, bringing the 6-month fatality rateContinue Reading
MyRepublic ordered to pay S$60,000 for failing to protect personal data of 80,000 customers
The access key to obtain MyRepublic’s customer data could be found on a publicly accessible webpage.Continue Reading
Thai soldier charged over deadly shooting at army facility
BANGKOK: Thai police have charged a soldier with murder over a shooting at a military training facility that left two people dead and another wounded, officials said on Friday (Sep 16). Sergeant Major Yongyuth Mungkornkim, a clerk at the Royal Thai Army War College, will stand trial in a military courtContinue Reading
Sri Lanka’s crisis pushes war-shattered Tamils to the brink
For months the population of 22 million has struggled with power cuts, rampant inflation, a plummeting rupee and a shortage of foreign exchange reserves that made it difficult to pay for imports of food, fuel and medicine. Mullaitivu is Sri Lanka’s second poorest district, with 58 per cent of householdsContinue Reading