SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA -- Rescue workers were searching by sea and air for nine people missing after a fishing boat capsized in waters off South Korea's southwestern coast, authorities said Sunday. The 24-tonne vessel overturned in waters off the coast of Sinan county late Saturday night, according to the interior...

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA -- Ethnic Indian Malaysians massed in Hindu temples across the country Sunday to celebrate the annual Thaipusam festival, months after the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions that had barred large crowds. Tens of thousands of people gathered at the Batu Caves temple just outside Kuala Lumpur over the...

SINGAPORE — Questions of possible conflicts of interest have been asked by netizens on social media and private messaging, as Ms Tin Pei Ling, a People's Action Party Member of Parliament, gets appointed as director of public affairs and policy by Southeast Asia’s leading super-app company, Grab in Singapore. Channel...

MUMBAI, INDIA -- India's securities regulator said Saturday that markets were stable and protected from further volatility, following a phenomenal share rout that hit the business empire of tycoon Gautam Adani. The combined market cap of Adani Group's listed companies has collapsed by around $120 billion -- about half of...

It was reported in the local media on Saturday (4 Feb 2023) that IT graduates from the local universities are having a hard time finding tech jobs. James Looi, a promising IT graduate from the Singapore Management Univerity (SMU) was good enough to have earned the coveted internships at GovTech, Grab and...

JAKARTA, INDONESIA — A University of Indonesia (UI) student was named a suspect even as he died in a tragic accident after being knocked down by a car driven by a retired police officer. Muhammad Hasya Atallah Saputra died from injuries after allegedly being hit by a car driven by...

by Martin Abbugao  SINGAPORE — Singapore is seeing an influx of ultra-wealthy families from China looking to protect their wealth from a Communist Party that increasingly views them with suspicion. Beijing's recent crackdowns on tech billionaires and tax-shy celebrities, as well as three years of zero-Covid, have led many rich...

MARSEILLE, FRANCE -- The torch relay for the Paris Olympics will start in the southern port of Marseille in April 2024, organisers announced on Friday. The torch will arrive in Marseille from Greece, the spiritual home of the Olympics, on a three-masted ship. It will set the tone for a...