Commentary

THE ROLE OF FIRST LADIES IN DIPLOMACY First lady diplomacy has a long history and tradition in international relations in many Western countries. In the US, many past first ladies...

Incidents of road rage and bad driving at the Malaysia-Singapore land border have gained notoriety on social media. Drivers who were desensitised to casual aggression in the past might now...

TOKYO: A nuclear renaissance might be happening in the most unlikely of places.  Just over a decade on from Fukushima, the northern Japanese region that became globally synonymous with the...

Without question, the Bill’s symbolic measures make for good domestic politics in the US. After all, China is one of the rare topics of bipartisan agreement in Washington these days....

Vietnam makes a good test case. Just as Apple’s suppliers such as Hon Hai Precision Industry, better known as Foxconn, plan to expand capacity there, sending industrial land prices to new highs, global manufacturers...

CANBERRA: The Constitutional Court of Thailand has decided to hear a petition from the political opposition asking the court to make a ruling on when Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s...

HOBART: Malaysians might not have imagined the day former prime minister Najib Razak would be whisked off to prison, as he was on Tuesday (Aug 23) afternoon after his guilty...

ISTANBUL: The Chinese tracking ship Yuan Wang 5 has finally docked at Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka for replenishment after India and the United States tried, and ultimately failed, to...

RECOVERY WITHOUT SUSTAINABILITY Indonesia’s support for the use of fossil fuels is reflected by the allocated funds, reaching about 8 per cent of the total National Economic Recovery budget. The...

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...