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NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS TAKING THE HELM  Former deputy minister of international trade and industry Ong Kian Ming said the polls showed a clear mandate has been given to Loke...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong property magnate Lee Shau Kee, one of the city's richest men, died on Monday (Mar 17) at the age of 97, Henderson Land, the group that...

SINGAPORE: ComfortDelGro on Monday (Mar 17) launched its first robotaxi pilot programme in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. The two-year pilot was introduced by the Singapore-based transport operator in partnership...

Rama II road, which leads southwest from Bangkok, is the primary artery linking the capital to the long narrow stretch of southern Thailand. Major work has been under way for...

Beijing on Monday reiterated calls for diplomacy to resolve the tensions. "The reasons behind the situation in the Red Sea and the Yemen issue are complex and should be properly...

MANILA: The Philippine Senate said on Monday (Mar 17) it will conduct a formal probe of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte's arrest and swift handover last week to the International Criminal Court, which...

JOHOR BAHRU: A seven-year-old Singaporean boy died in a Johor Bahru hospital following a fatal accident involving a car and a lorry. The collision - which occurred at Johor Bahru’s...

SINGAPORE: Thirteen foreigners posing as tourists were arrested at a Thai airport over four days for attempting to smuggle 375kg of cannabis out of the country, a local media outlet...

Ishiba, 68, has come under fire for handing out gift vouchers each worth ¥100,000 (US$670) to 15 new LDP lawmakers - a move he has defended as legally sound and...

In 2017, former president Park Geun-hye was removed from office 11 days after the final arguments in the Constitutional Court in her impeachment trial. South Koreans have gathered in huge...