Cops probing alleged Nvidia chip diversion since April 2025, says Saifuddin

Outside the Grand Hyatt hotel in Manila earlier this year, five people were arrested as hundreds of activists chanting “Junk Pax Silica!” clashed with anti-riot police. Inside, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr hobnobbed with some 600 investors, industry leaders and officials at a US-sponsored forum, urging them to sink their money into the US-led scheme. The Philippines is planning to build a sprawling 1,620-hectare (4,000-acre) “Pax Silica” technology hub near a former American...

Seoul National University is considering covering full tuition and paying a monthly stipend of 1 million won (US$748) for every student in the first intake of its international-only undergraduate division, which will start admissions in fall 2027.

Thai immigration police have arrested a Chinese fugitive in Bangkok who they say ran an online football betting website with more than 50 billion baht (US$1.5 billion) in transactions.

Contractor duped by Mr G, given fake approval documents.

RM51.4b in 1MDB debt will burden future generations, says Faisal.

MALACCA POLLS | Residents weigh fresh alternatives against established representation.

Allocation includes RM36.45m for 47 mitigation projects.

Malaysia’s decision to pivot to Turkey for anti-ship missiles after Norway cancelled a procurement deal has offered it a way out of a costly setback, though analysts warn the episode has exposed its vulnerability to foreign export controls and highlighted the need for greater defence autonomy. The planned switch to Turkey’s Roketsan Atmaca missile system for the Malaysian navy’s littoral combat ships (LCS) reflects Kuala Lumpur’s growing defence ties with Ankara, even as questions remain over...

'What else is there to dispute, what else is there to review?'

MALACCA POLLS | Solehin opts for different approach as other candidates resort to the traditional appeal for votes.

Indonesia’s upper house of parliament will pick the country’s new vice-president on December 2, its speaker said on Friday, after the dramatic resignation of Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the president’s deputy and the son of his predecessor. Gibran’s ‌resignation this week, which analysts say could widen the gulf between President Prabowo Subianto and former president Joko Widodo, followed a month of increasing political pressure from lawmakers after Indonesia’s top courts ruled that he had...

Former US envoy insists he never retired from politics.