Roots, Rhythm & Joy Invites Neighbors to Find Community Through Music

About one in six South Korean adults from Generation Z used or were prescribed GLP-1 obesity drugs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro in the past year, the highest rate of any generation, a survey by KB Financial Group shows.

Around 40% of all original homeowners have moved out of Hoi An, while rents for state-owned properties have soared to hundreds of millions of dong a month, putting the ancient town at risk of gradually losing its local population.

Waze restriction unjustified as other similar apps also collect same data from users, they add.

Thai immigration police have revoked an Israeli woman's visa and detained her pending deportation after she allegedly threatened national park staff and ordered hotel guests out on Koh Phangan.

This country has a total area of approximately 90,000 sq.km, of which more than 99% is seawater.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday proposed a new US-Asean defence framework to guide cooperation over what he called “critically important years” ahead, but offered few details on what it would entail. The proposal faces questions over whether members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will embrace a bloc-wide initiative, with analysts suggesting they would prefer bilateral arrangements that preserve their flexibility as they navigate ties with Washington and...

In a rare move, Singapore on Wednesday summoned top executives from 10 locally registered companies potentially linked to haze-causing fires in Indonesia to a meeting with three ministers. The executives all agreed to cooperate fully in an investigation by the city state into the regional environmental crisis that has caused air quality to dip to “very unhealthy” levels earlier this month. Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong, Senior Minister K. Shanmugam and Minister for Sustainability and the...

'Fires are caused by irresponsible business practices. It is not a natural phenomenon.'

Hundreds of people permanently living aboard a touring cruise ship were forced to disembark in Cambodia this week after the vessel’s operator said fuel price increases from the Iran war had made operations prohibitively expensive. The Villa Vie Odyssey had been cruising the world for at least ‌755 days as one of only a handful of ships that offered passengers the opportunity to rent or buy long-term or even permanent residences on board. On Tuesday, the ship’s owner, Villa Vie Residences,...

Rising ketamine abuse and a series of major drug seizures in Indonesia have fuelled calls for tighter controls on the substance, but a proposed reclassification has raised concerns that tougher penalties could further strain the country’s overcrowded prisons. Last week, Indonesian police and customs officials intercepted the Mongolian-flagged vessel MT Global 168 in the Malacca Strait, seizing 1.16 tonnes of ketamine hydrochloride packed in 58 sacks. National police chief Suyudi Ario Seto said...

Group says move blurs the line between official govt affairs and political party campaign activities.

Second meeting between Zahid and Wee ends dispute over seat distribution.