Human rights activists staged a protest in Manila on Saturday to express solidarity with pro-democracy activists in Burma on ...

The 18-year-old lost 3-1 (9-11, 11-4, 8-11, 7-11) to Sweden’s world No. 16 Anton Kallberg. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Japan's Parliamentary Vice-Minister Ikuina Akiko today (2 February) underscored the need for early conclusion of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Bangladesh and Japan in order to boost ...

Myanmar's military has extended the state of emergency for another six months. This is the seventh extension by the junta ...

Japanese leader Shigeru Ishiba is in Washington for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump this week, Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra visits Beijing to meet with her Chinese ...

The country has fossil fuel reserves and strong potential for renewables but is crippled by instability, investor flight, a ...

Data centres in Singapore are ramping up their demand for renewable energy, with some exploring the option of nuclear ...

The Mawar Community Services Hub at Onan Road was officially opened by Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam. It has a ...

For the past two decades, a traditional "ryokan" inn in southwestern Japan has been spreading its hospitality more broadly than most, dedicating more than half of its rooms to give shelter to stray ...

THE number of foreign workers in the country has reached a new high, underscoring the country’s growing reliance on people from overseas to address its chronic labour shortage.