Malaysia is seeking to reassure Taiwanese investors that it remains a reliable destination for hi-tech manufacturing after Taipei suspended bilateral investment talks over Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s remarks on China, raising concerns over the future of semiconductor investments in the Southeast Asian nation. Taiwan confirmed on Tuesday that it had paused negotiations scheduled for late October. The move came after Anwar told Al Jazeera in an August interview that he saw the self-governed...
Read full articleSeventeen flights bound for Da Nang and Hue were forced to circle on Monday as thunderstorms cut visibility at the two central Vietnam airports.
High Court sets aside earlier order, paving way for immediate transfer.
A growing number of long-established colleges and universities across the U.S. are shutting down amid financial difficulties and declining enrollment, with experts warning that more closures are likely.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr’s administration has been accused of trying to conceal Manila’s urban poverty by clearing street vendors and homeless people along key routes ahead of next week’s Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit. Antonio Tinio, deputy minority floor leader of the House of Representatives representing the ACT Teachers Party List, claimed on Monday that authorities had launched operations to displace poor communities across the capital to present a...
RM233b trade ties face strain amid diplomatic tensions.
A first-year cybersecurity student at Thailand's Khon Kaen University has received a letter of appreciation from NASA for reporting a security flaw in the U.S. space agency's information systems.
Two passengers who flew into Bangkok from Brazil on Sunday were arrested at Suvarnabhumi Airport after officers found cocaine worth an estimated 20.4 million baht (US$610,000) hidden in the lining of their luggage.
Indonesia’s Vice-President Gibran Rakabuming Raka offered to resign at a meeting on Tuesday with President Prabowo Subianto, a senior official said, as lawmakers consider an investigation into whether he was eligible to stand in the 2024 election. “The vice-president expressed his intention to resign in light of the evolving situation,” presidential spokesperson Prasetyo Hadi told reporters. Prasetyo denied reports that Prabowo rejected Gibran’s request, but stopped short of saying the...
Four deaths in two helicopter crashes within five days have raised questions about the dangers facing those fighting Indonesia’s massive forest fires, prompting a government review on aerial firefighting efforts. But those dangers extend beyond the skies, with volunteer firefighters on the ground describing inadequate protective equipment, scarce water supplies and peatland fires that can suddenly erupt beneath their feet. On November 4, an Indonesian army Mi-17V5 transport helicopter carrying...
Tam Anh General Hospital has completed an exclusive technology transfer from Japan's Grandsoul Medical Group covering immune cell and stem cell technologies being explored for treatment of cancer and chronic diseases.
UPDATED 9.05PM | Loke sticks to principles and resigns as transport minister.
Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak arrived home on Tuesday, hours after the High Court cleared the way for him to start serving the remainder of his prison sentence under house arrest. Najib was driven in a silver SUV to his house in Kuala Lumpur’s affluent suburb of Taman Duta at 9.27pm, local news outlets reported. The car was escorted by several other vehicles from the Prison Department and the Royal Malaysian Police. His prison exit triggered Transport Minister Anthony Loke’s...