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MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said on Monday (Oct 7) his country and South Korea have upgraded bilateral ties to...

SINGAPORE: Permanent residents (PR) in Singapore can now travel visa-free to Bintan, Batam and the Karimun Islands in a bid...

ADVOCATING FOR RELEASE OF HOSTAGES In its press briefing last week, the Thai Foreign Ministry did not provide any new...

BOOM IN DATA CENTRES More than a dozen data centre facilities are currently in operation in Johor. Singapore-based Princeton Digital Group...

VIENTIANE: Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will visit the Laotian capital of Vientiane from Wednesday (Oct 9) to Saturday to attend...

FINETUNING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT While tools such as AI can facilitate mental health support, experts stressed that the technology cannot...

Doctors in Kolkata went on strike for weeks in response to the brutal attack. Tens of thousands of ordinary Indians...

DHAKA: Bangladesh's interim leader has refused to give a timeframe for elections following the ouster of his autocratic predecessor, saying in...

DHAKA: At least five people have died and more than 100,000 remain stranded as devastating floods, triggered by heavy rains...

With Sabah and Sarawak having thousands of kilometres of coastline, a lack of naval bases will lead to poor accessibility...