AFP Indonesia Politics Indonesia president expresses regrets for past rights abuses in country JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday expressed regret over… The Online Citizen11 January 2023
AFP International Japan UK, Japan to sign major defence deal allowing troop deployments LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — The British and Japanese prime ministers will sign… The Online Citizen11 January 2023
Singapore Taiwan Travel Two passengers injured after power bank catches fire on Scoot flight bound from Taiwan to Singapore SINGAPORE — Two passengers onboard a Scoot flight that was about to… Yee Loon11 January 2023
AFP China Japan Japan protests China’s visa halt TOKYO, JAPAN — Tokyo on Wednesday criticised China’s move to stop issuing… The Online Citizen11 January 2023
AFP China Health ‘Total mess’ in China’s rural east as COVID wave hits hard by Matthew Walsh BENGBU, CHINA — Exhausted doctors working overtime, tests and… The Online Citizen11 January 2023
Featured Opinion Singapore The costs and implications of the SPH Media scandal by Joseph Nathan When news broke yesterday that three senior executives at… Op-Ed Contributor11 January 2023
Malaysia Politics Allegation of misappropriation of RM92.5 billion in Gov’t funds is ‘fictitious’, says Muhyiddin MALAYSIA — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Malaysia’s 8th Prime Minister, has refuted… Yee Loon11 January 2023
AFP Asia Health Super-resistant mosquitoes in Asia pose growing threat: study by Sara Hussein TOKYO, JAPAN — Mosquitoes that transmit dengue and other… The Online Citizen11 January 2023
AFP China Court Cases Politics Hong Kong blasts UK minister for meeting Jimmy Lai’s lawyers HONG KONG, CHINA — Hong Kong has accused Britain of interfering in… The Online Citizen11 January 2023
Singapore Singapore’s MOF invested about S$70 billion in Temasek over last 20 years SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Finance (MOF) invested about S$70 billion in… The Online Citizen11 January 2023