4+ hour, 8+ min ago   (142+ words) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Xinhua): The development of a stronger, more dynamic and competitive private sector remains crucial to the future of the national economy as Brunei pursues economic diversification and the aspirations of Brunei Vision 2035, a Brunei government minister said…...

15+ hour, 17+ min ago   (162+ words) PETALING JAYA: Malaysians in Jakarta have been advised to remain calm and follow official updates from local authorities following a magnitude 6.5 earthquake. Sinar Harian reported that the tremor was felt in Jakarta and parts of Java and Sumatra. The Malaysian…...

18+ hour, 11+ min ago   (882+ words) MEDAN: Three volcanoes erupted around the country on Friday, spewing ash into the sky and underscoring heightened volcanic activity across the archipelago, following the eruptions of Mount Sinabung and Mount Anak Krakatau earlier this month. The Center for Volcanology and…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (687+ words) JAKARTA: Civil society groups have given the government seven calendar days to overhaul President Prabowo Subianto’s free nutritious meal programme, which has been linked to tens of thousands of food poisoning cases nationwide, warning they will pursue legal action if…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (238+ words) MANILA: The Quezon City Regional Trial Court on Friday (Sept 11) deferred the arraignment of Vice President Sara Duterte’s three counts of grave threats. Duterte’s lawyer, Paul Lawrence Lim confirmed that RTC Branch 98 has postponed the arraignment, although he declined to…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (213+ words) Kim Jong-un’s daughter and apparent successor is believed to have a younger sibling, South Korea’s spy agency said, offering a more detailed view of the ruling family. The spy agency has previously said Jong-un is believed to have three children,…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1111+ words) SINGAPORE: There will be no immediate increase from S$1.1 million to S$1.8 million for an MR4 minister, and most at that entry-level grade are expected to be paid about S$1.35 million by the end of the current term, Coordinating Minister for…...

3+ day, 23+ min ago   (423+ words) SEOUL: A high school teacher branded a North Korean spy in 1972 was posthumously acquitted on Wednesday (Sept 9) after a court ruled that the evidence used to convict him had been obtained illegally. The Seoul High Court found the late Seong…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (261+ words) National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Disaster Data, Information and Communication Centre acting head Berton Panjaitan said the measures included preparations for a tsunami contingency plan in South Lampung, on Sumatra's side of the Sunda Strait, which separates Sumatra from Java....

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (375+ words) COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's Supreme Court overturned Thursday (Sept 10) a presidential pardon granted to a hardline Buddhist monk and ordered him to serve the remainder of a six-year prison sentence for intimidating the wife of a missing cartoonist. The ruling marks…...