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When was 377A introduced and why? Section 377A was introduced to Singapore’s Penal Code in the middle of 1938 when it was under British rule. It reads: “Any male person...

BEIJING: Provincial capital Chengdu in southwest China has dimmed outdoor advertisements, subway lighting and building signs to save energy, official announcements said, as the area battles a power crunch triggered...

SHANGHAI: China has issued its first national drought alert of the year as authorities battle forest fires and mobilise specialist teams to protect crops from scorching temperatures across the Yangtze...

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a ceremony to thank and praise military medics for spearheading the country's fight against the coronavirus in the capital Pyongyang, state media...

The charges against Najib, who served as prime minister from 2009 to 2018, involved the transfer of RM42 million (US$9.4 million) from SRC International, a former subsidiary of 1MDB into...

TAIPEI: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has visited sailors in the island's navy to thank them for their efforts amid days of war games and military drills by China, calling the...

TAOYUAN, Taiwan: At a row of greenhouses around 50km from Taiwan's capital Taipei, vanilla farmer Tseng Tien-fu is installing dozens of solar panels, part of the island's plan to meet...

Chinese and Russian leaders Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin will attend the G20 summit in Bali in November, Indonesian President Joko Widodo told Bloomberg News on Thursday (Aug 18). “Xi...

SEOUL: North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un, said on Friday (Aug 19) the country will never deal with an "audacious" South Korean initiative,...

The question many have asked in the aftermath is how a country with such advanced technology, boasting cutting-edge semiconductor manufacturing and a burgeoning space programme, could fail to manage fundamental...