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SEOUL: North Korea said on Friday (Mar 21) it had test-fired a new weapons system which would boost its combat readiness, as Russia's security chief held talks in Pyongyang with...

TOKYO: A Japanese panel of experts issued guidance to greater Tokyo residents on Friday (Mar 21) in the event Mount Fuji erupts, telling them to stay indoors unless the ashfall...

GLOBAL IMPLICATIONS OF NETWORK DEPENDENCY To be clear, the global implications of network dependency extend beyond Myanmar. Countries dependent on foreign-owned digital infrastructure – from undersea cables to cloud services...

FIGHTING FOR THE SAME CUSTOMERS But online complaints are growing louder, with many claiming that Mixue is making money at the expense of franchisees, that the company is shifting operational...

MASSIVE EXPOSURE FOR BRANDS Buyers of naming rights get to have their brands’ names prominently displayed on transit stops and other infrastructure including signage, wayfinding systems, route maps and announcements....

Almost two million people worked in the public sector as of 2022, according to the government, which announced this year that 100,000 people would be made redundant or offered early...

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia will inaugurate a Chinese-renovated naval base next month, an army spokesman said on Tuesday (Mar 18), with a Japanese warship expected to be the first to dock at...

Tensions have been running high in South Korea since President Yoon Suk Yeol briefly imposed martial law last December, triggering the country's worst political crisis in decades. His martial law...

JOHOR BAHRU: At least two Malaysian ministers have slammed the actions of a man who allegedly confronted and slapped a non-Muslim for eating in public at a shopping mall in...

HONG KONG: Criticism of Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison's sale of its Panama Canal ports deserves "serious attention", city leader John Lee said on Tuesday (Mar 18) after Beijing authorities repeatedly...