Lee, who asked to be identified by her initials, is among some 500,000 South Koreans who have signed the online petition calling on the government to cancel the tourist attraction, which has been planned since 2017 and aims to showcase Chinese cultur

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Whatever extra beds and facilities were added last year to cope with the first wave of contagion have been overwhelmed by the more than tenfold spike in case numbers India has seen over the past month. The country reported a record 184,372 new corona

The reality is murkier, as few details of the pact have been made known. In any case, such deals are par for the course in ties between China and Middle Eastern countries. More importantly, excessive focus on the agreement means missing a much more i

The growth was driven primarily by the manufacturing sector, which expanded 7.5 per cent year on year, propped up by output expansions in the electronics, precision engineering, chemicals and biomedical manufacturing clusters, the trade ministry said

Officials from the two countries have traded acrimonious remarks since some 200 Chinese vessels, including some believed to be maritime militia, moored around the reef in the Philippines' exclusive economic zone (EEZ) last month, an incident Beijing

Duterte appeared in a pre-recorded "Talk to the People" address televised late on Monday evening following speculation about his health or possible death. He had not been seen since his former aide-turned senator Christopher "Bong" Go released a vide

The Andaman and Nicobar archipelago of 524 islands, only 38 of which are inhabited, stretches across some 1,000km (620 miles) of Indian Ocean by the western entrance to the Malacca Strait, through which an estimated 80 per cent or more of China's sea

Mitora Pte Ltd filed a lawsuit at a South Jakarta court on March 8 against Siti Hardiyanti Hastuti Rukmana, Bambang Trihatmodjo, Siti Hediati Hariyadi, Sigit Harjojudanto, and Siti Hutami Endang Adiningsih. Other defendants in the case include the ad

He said the water would be released into the Pacific "while ensuring that safety standards are cleared by a wide margin and firm steps are taken to prevent reputational damage" to the local fisheries industry. Do you have questions about the biggest

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When Aram Limsakul's son and daughter came down with dengue fever two years ago, he gave the children, then aged five and four, a vaporiser to inhale the smoke from his own home-grown marijuana. Within a few days, "their fever reduced, they stopped v

Taking the ferry back and forth between Lantau and Central these days is pretty boring. But when I first moved out there seven years ago, the voyage wasn't quite so uneventful. Slowing down for a container ship coming into port was a common occurrenc

Officials said the women in Kandla village, instead of going to the floor where the vaccine was being administered, entered the outpatient wing on April 9, a day when anti-rabies shots were being given. The pharmacist on duty had left, and in his abs

As the pandemic's true extent became apparent last May, the Malaysia-based regional budget carrier launched a food delivery business in Kuala Lumpur that gained traction among citizens who were at the time under a strict partial lockdown. Do you hav

Feathers were ruffled in New Delhi after the US Navy on Wednesday sent a warship into India's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) for a freedom of navigation operation (FONOP), without seeking prior approval. The patrol came while US presidential climate e

The journalism student stayed locked up for more than three weeks, alongside some 300 other university students who took part in the demonstration on March 3, before the military junta released them all without explanation on March 24. Do you have qu

Last month saw the culmination of one of India's ugliest courtroom dramas that pitted billionaire industrialist Ratan Tata, 83, against his relative and former protege Cyrus Mistry, the erstwhile executive chairman of the US$106 billion salt-to-softw

The 55-minute film, titled The Price Of Justice, highlights "the difference between being a local and being a migrant who becomes unemployed, and how difficult it is to access justice," said Robert Godden, the documentary's producer and co-founder of

Australian property stylist Ali Waight thought she had a mosquito bite when a red welt appeared on her left leg in early 2018. But within days, the mark had "developed into a massive hole". What followed was almost a year of fatigue and misery for t

The fun and festivities have a serious side, too: introducing younger generations to the science of fighting disease. Among the ice cream and balloons, children can examine live ticks under a magnifying glass; learn how vaccines work using teddy bear

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Months after it was first approved for use in Britain in December, a public relations crisis over extremely rare side effects threatens to derail vaccination efforts in numerous Asia-Pacific and lower-income countries. Countries across the European U

Besides, it was only in July, following Heng's surprisingly narrow electoral victory, that his contemporaries in the next-generation cabal of ministers - known as the 4G leadership - reassured the country that Heng was still PM-designate. Foreign min

Fans of James Bond will be familiar with scenes showing the British spy sauntering into a hotel room, before looking around and using a handheld counter-intelligence device to sweep for bugs and hidden cameras. One of the most egregious examples of

Mandating vaccines is the exception, not the rule, a recent Mercer survey of more than 1,300 companies found. Across the Asia-Pacific, only 6 per cent of employers who responded to the survey have decided to implement a mandate, with a further 14 per

"We need a leader who will not only rebuild Singapore post-Covid-19, but also lead the next phase of our nation-building effort," Heng said, adding that he stood ready to support whomever the ruling People's Action Party chose as the next leader. Do

Indonesia's Bio Farma has also signed a deal to manufacture the Sinovac jabs, which it currently imports from China and puts into vials. This is similar to Malaysian pharmaceutical group Pharmaniaga, which in January signed an agreement with Sinovac

While the cases are small in comparison to nations from Brazil to the UK hammered by the virus, Thai authorities are desperate to avoid the double calamity of a public health crisis and economic ruin - the kingdom's GDP slumped by 6.1 per cent last y