PM Ismail dissolves Malaysian Parliament, paving way for snap elections
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10, 2022, ST. Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has dissolved Malaysia’s Parliament,…
China finance ministry to issue an extra 5.5B yuan of treasury bonds in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, Oct 6, 2022, Reuters. China’s finance ministry said on Thursday that it will…
Major UN powers question Pacific islanders’ call for nuclear legacy help
GENEVA, Oct 5, 2022, Reuters. Nuclear powers have criticized an effort led by the Marshall…
Philippines’ Marcos open to buying Russian fuel, proposes new Myanmar approach
MANILA, Oct 5, 2022, Reuters. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Wednesday said his nation…
Malaysia’s Prisons Dept rejects Najib request to attend Parliament sessions
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4, 2022, ST. Malaysia’s Prisons Department has rejected a request by former…
Pakistan court drops contempt of court case against ex-PM Khan
ISLAMABAD, Oct 4, 2022, Reuters. A Pakistani court on Monday (Jct 3) accepted an apology…
Indonesian leader orders probe into deadly stampede
JAKARTA, Oct 3, 2022, Xinhua. Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Sunday ordered a police investigation…
NZ foreign minister says superpowers must listen to needs of Pacific
WELLINGTON, Sep 29, 2022, Reuters. New Zealand’s foreign minister said on Thursday that the United…
UK wants closer ties with Indo-Pacific region: Official
LONDON, Sep 28, 2022, Reuters. Britain is committed to forming ever closer links with the…
North Korea, China resume cross-border freight train operation
SEOUL, Sep 26, 2022, Reuters. Cross-border freight train operations between North Korea and China appears…
India’s top palm oil buyer expects 23 per cent jump in imports
AGRA, Sep 23, 2022, Reuters. India’s palm oil imports could jump 23% in 2022/23 to…
[Analytics] How the Middle East is developing a taste for K-pop
K-pop seems to be unstoppable. For a long time, only the Middle East seemed to…