ASEAN must engage with emerging economies of the world to benefit from their future economic growths, said the Indonesian foreign minister yesterday. Marty Natalegawa, when asked whether the 10-member regional bloc was considering elevating
Major changes are taking place in the Malaysian media landscape. The Star, Malaysia’s biggest English-language newspaper, yesterday re-launched its new website which, for the first time, will include opposition columnists. There have also been
A total of 204.1 million ringgit (US$64 million) was used to pay election workers during Malaysia’s 13th general election (GE13), says Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Shahidan Kassim. He added that the Finance
The heavy smog, which has been engulfing Riau, Indonesia for the past few weeks, may have started to fade but the region’s problems are not yet over as the disaster has left an estimated
Military commanders are happy that Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra will double as defence minister, according to retired General Yuthasak Sasiprapha, the newly appointed deputy defence minister. Yuthasak said yesterday he was assured of
China, the US South Korea and Japan on Monday urged North Korea to relinquish its nuclear programmes and return to dialogue for substantive progress. US Secretary of State John Kerry said he reaffirmed the
Sime Darby Plantations confirmed Wednesday that no fires occurred in its plantation areas in Indonesia. The multinational company said it had reviewed hotspot data from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the
Many families in Borikhan district, Borikhamxay province of Laos, may experience a shortage of rice in the coming months after their rice stores were damaged by recent flash flooding. Heavy rain last weekend caused
Two Vietnamese naval ships arrived in the coastal city of Zhan Jiang in the Chinese southern province of Guangdong on June 25 in a courtesy visit to the region’s municipal authorities and the High
For a brief spell yesterday, Singapore’s skies were the cleanest they have been in two weeks. Between 3pm and 6pm, Singaporeans breathed “good” air as the three-hour Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) dipped below 51.