South Korean troops were set on Friday to finish the 12-day Hoguk 22 field exercises, which have included some drills with US troops, while South Korean and US aircraft are due to begin major drills on Monday. North Korea has said its recent missile launches were in protest against theContinue Reading
Japan’s experience shows how difficult it is to reverse a shrinking population, especially when a country has a sizable population and a persistently low birth rate, says this academic.Continue Reading
KOTA TINGGI: An explosion occurred at a Petronas oil refinery in Kota Tinggi, Johor, after a fire broke out on Thursday (Oct 27). The Petronas Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation (PRPC) issued a statement on the incident, confirming that “a fire and explosion” occurred at 3.40pm at one of the interconnecting pipesContinue Reading
KOTA TINGGI: An explosion occurred at a Petronas oil refinery in Kota Tinggi, Johor, after a fire broke out on Thursday (Oct 27). The Petronas Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation (PRPC) issued a statement on the incident, confirming that “a fire and explosion” occurred at 3.40pm at one of the interconnecting pipesContinue Reading
Western governments have been remiss in offering assistance to defectors and deserters of Myanmar’s security forces, despite the shadow government’s repeated requests for help, according to National Unity Government (NUG) sources who spoke with Asia Times. Thousands of military and police personnel have already crossed over into areas or defense units controlled by anti-junta forces, […]Continue Reading
Clips on social media show hundreds protesting in one of the most tightly-guarded places in China.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: A shipyard operator was fined S$200,000 on Thursday (Oct 27) in relation to the death of a worker who died after he was hit by a forklift in 2019. On May 26, 2019, 30 year-old Bangladeshi painter and blaster Rahman Zillur was assigned to work on Asia Pacific Shipyard’s (APS) site. “RahmanContinue Reading
Cost of living, corruption and political stability are some of the issues expected to weigh heavily on Malaysians casting their ballots.Continue Reading
Military tensions on the Korean peninsula are at their highest since 2017, following the recent tit-for-tat missile firings between South Korea and North Korea. Continue Reading
After hovering around zero growth in the late 2000s, Japan’s population has been shrinking since 2010, with the decline accelerating in recent years. Breaking its own record every year for the last 10 years, the country experienced another record population loss of 644,000 in 2020–2021. Japan’s population is projected to shrink well into the middle of this century, dropping […]Continue Reading