KUALA LUMPUR: Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak, was found guilty of corruption on Thursday (Sep 1). Rosmah, 70, was charged with soliciting RM187.5 million (US$41.9 million) in bribes from contractor Saidi Abang Samsudin in 2016 and 2017 so that his company Jepak Holdings couldContinue Reading
TOKYO: Asia’s factory activity slumped in August as China’s zero COVID curbs and cost pressures continued to hurt businesses, surveys showed on Thursday, darkening the outlook for the region’s fragile recovery. Read full storyContinue Reading
Companies should upskill talent to help them grow into value-add roles
Majority regard training, development as key to their career progression An overwhelmingly majority of Malaysian have shown interest in learning and development opportunities but employers have not provided enough opportunities for them to do so, according to the new survey by…Continue Reading
Nearly a month after US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s explosive visit to Taiwan, there is no sign of relenting by either China or the US over the self-governing island. This week saw the Taiwanese military fire warning shots at a Chinese drone for the first time in history, underscoring rising tensions in the […]
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BEIJING: A senior Chinese official formerly in charge of investigating corruption within the national security ministry has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and from public office after being found guilty of corruption himself. China’s anti-graft watchdog announced its action against Liu Yanping, 67, on Thursday (Sep 1), theContinue Reading
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s Lazada Group is preparing to make its maiden foray into Europe, building on its success in South-East Asia to take on rivals such as Amazon.com Inc and Zalando SE in one of the biggest online shopping markets. Read full storyContinue Reading
SHENZHEN: The particular southern Chinese tech hub Shenzhen tightened COVID-19 curbs as cases continued to mount upon Thursday (Sep 1), with large occasions and indoor amusement suspended for three days in the city’s many populous district, Baoan. At least half of the Shenzhen’s ten districts, house to more than 13Continue Reading
Six months into the Ukraine war, the conflict’s escalation pattern seems relatively predictable. However, Western observers may be anticipating escalation in the wrong place. Russia is demonstrating the capability to make trouble for the West in the Indo-Pacific region. The US and its allies should anticipate this, both deterring Russian horizontal escalation beyond Ukraine and forcing Russia […]
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As many young women transfer to creative professions, stigma and cultural norms are being shattered
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PATRIOTIC CLASSROOMS China is remoulding once outspoken Hong Kong in its own authoritarian image, following enormous and sometimes chaotic democracy protests in 2019 in which young people played a key component. Teachers have got since been ordered to instil patriotism in students and comply with a Beijing-imposed national security legislationContinue Reading