Iskandar Investment appoints new president and CEO

Takes over as president plus CEO from Oct 1Predecessor Khairil Anwar Ahmad retires Iskandar Investment Berhad (IIB) has hired Idzham Mohd Hashim (pic) as its leader and chief executive officer with effect from Oct 1 .Chairman of IIB Amirul Feisal Wan Zahir, said, “On behalf of the panel of directors, administration and…Continue Reading

Typhoon batters Japan with record rain, killing one

A lake in Kyushu’s Miyazaki prefecture overflowed, water damage fields and highways, footage from condition broadcaster NHK showed. Other video showed a riverside house hanging over a bittorrent, roofs ripped off structures and billboards toppled. NHK said one man was killed when his car has been submerged by a floodedContinue Reading

Edgepoint, Xperanti work to spur Penang’s smart city ambition 

To integrate IoT in to future solutions such as flood, air quality overseeingTo create ecosystem merging IoT solutions, intelligent telco infrastructure Xperanti IoT Sdn Bhd (Xperanti), and IoT network provider within Malaysia, and EdgePoint Infrastructure (EdgePoint), an Asean-based independent telecoms infrastructure company, are collaborating to explore online business offerings beginning in…Continue Reading

S Korea seeks neutral ground in US-China chip war

TOKYO – Cina and South Korea have agreed to establish a new Collaborative Supply Chain Council to address any disruptions of the extensive and interdependent economic relationship in a timely fashion. In what could be taken as pointed irony, the Dong-A Ilbo documented that “With the particular supply chain change beginning in earnest directed by the […]

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Rattled Taiwan hit by more aftershocks

lated southeastern Taiwan continues to be rattled by a series of jolts since Saturday. The most powerful, a six. 9-magnitude quake, struck on Sunday mid-day, tearing up roads and bringing down a handful of houses in the town of Yuli where at least one person has been killed. Four othersContinue Reading