KUALA LUMPUR: Southeast Asia’s regional bloc should increase pressure upon Myanmar’s junta or even there will be more demise and suffering, the UN expert warned on Thursday (Jun 23), after a long period of stalled diplomacy. Myanmar has been in turmoil and its economy paralysed since the February 2021 coupContinue Reading
DURIANS FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS RIPENING AT THE SAME TIME Durian consultant Lim Chin Kee stated the supply through different states is generally staggered during the entire year, but Johor and Penang durians are now coming on to the market at the same time. “The pick is almost happening at theContinue Reading
HONG KONG: Macao extended the COVID-19 restrictions such as the closure of bars, cinemas, hair salons and spas and outdoor recreational areas from Thursday (Jun 23), its chief executive said as the planet’s biggest gambling center battles to suppress a rise in locally transmitted cases. Casinos are allowed to remainContinue Reading
YANGON: Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi remained in solid spirits after becoming transferred from house arrest to prison, a source with knowledge of the case said Thursday night (Jun 23), and would “calmly” encounter her new solitary confinement. Since being deposed in a coup this past year,Continue Reading