Seoul officials say Pyongyang is ready for multiple missile launches; Washington calls threat ‘unhelpful’. South Korea and the US stepped up their intelligence and surveillance activities on Wednesday amid growing signs of North Korea’s
Although Myanmar has tens of thousands of libraries they are poorly stocked and staffed, pushing avid readers to set up cooperative reading rooms and self-reliant libraries, which take small fees from users, writers and
As people forced to flee Meikhtila amid deadly riots last month begin making their way back to the town, Muslims have been advised to exercise caution during the upcoming four-day water festival in Myanmar.
The State Bank of Vietnam has assigned this year’s specific credit growth limits to local banks based on their economic health. Banks, which are ranked in the top group based on size, credit quality,
The state-owned Lao Development Bank (LDB) on Monday launched mobile phone banking and Visa card services as part of its modernisation process and overall service upgrade. The launch also marked the 10th anniversary of
The chairman of Myanmar’s Union Election Commission has vowed that the 2015 general election will be free and fair and that voting lists will be complied without interference. The commission has already begun compiling
New homes for the victims of last year’s communal violence in Rakhine state must be completed within three months, Myanmar President Thein Sein said at a meeting of the Rakhine State Peace and Stability
Philippine senatorial candidates who participated in the First Inquirer Senate Forum on Wednesday vowed not to oppose an antidynasty bill should the measure be considered in the next Congress. Former Senators Ramon Magsaysay Jr.
Three Thai universities have been named among the top 100 research universities in Asia by the Times Higher Education magazine. King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) was ranked 55th, Mahidol University 61st and
Some 90 companies are planning to move out of Jakarta and surrounding industrial cities, citing an inability to pay the new minimum wage, and looking to move to locations in Central Java where labour