Asia
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Myanmar exported over 1.5 million tons of pulses between April and December of the 2024-2025 fiscal year, state-run daily The Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Wednesday. The exports included 700,000 tons of black gram, 200,000 tons of pigeon pea and 400,000 tons of green gram, the report said, citing Myanmar Pulses, Beans, Maize…
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The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted a “crucial” test of its latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasongpho-19 on Thursday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Friday. The missile flew a distance of 1,001.2 km for 5,156 seconds before landing on a preset area in the open waters off the country’s…
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A Chinese military spokesperson on Tuesday condemned Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities for courting the United States to buy weapons, saying they are only wasting the hard-earned money of people in the region. Wu Qian, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks when commenting on media reports about an accusation…
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Cambodia reported more than 2.5 million air travelers during the first five months of 2024, a year-on-year increase of 22 percent, Mao Havannall, minister in charge of the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, said on Sunday. Thirty-one international and domestic airlines have operated flights to the kingdom’s three international airports, he said. Havannall added that…
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Tang Yunpeng, a teacher at the Collaborative Research Center for Archaeology of the Silk Roads at Northwest University in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, was interacting with an international student at an archaeological excavation site in Uzbekistan via WeChat, discussing ongoing work and any recent discoveries. Tang is part of a China-Uzbekistan joint…
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The opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2024 was held in Boao, south China’s Hainan Province on Thursday, with China’s top legislator Zhao Leji stressing China’s economic potential, appealing to international investors and calling for Asia solidarity and cooperation for regional prosperity in his keynote speech. Zhao, chairman of the…
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Over the Lunar New Year holiday, Chinese travelers visited tourist hot spots across Asia, including Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia, at numbers exceeding pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. Since Beijing lifted strict COVID-19 restrictions in early 2023, visa-free access for Chinese tourists to Southeast Asia countries signaled the robust recovery of the travel industry. It provided welcome relief…
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President Xi Jinping vowed on Tuesday to resolutely prevent anyone from “splitting Taiwan from China in any way”, the official Xinhua news agency reported, a little more than two weeks before Taiwan elects a new leader. China views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, despite the strong objections of the government in Taipei, and has ramped up…
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After eight years of being together, Mediacorp actors Nick Teo, 33, and Hong Ling, 29, have finally gotten hitched. The couple registered their marriage on Thursday (Dec 14) and had their wedding banquet the following day. On Dec 8, a few days before tying the knot, Hong Ling had taken to Instagram to share a…
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Highlighting Beijing’s growing official relations with the group, Taliban spokesman Akhundzada Abdul Salam Jawad said this week that the group will attend China’s Belt and Road Forum next week. Since taking control of Afghanistan two years ago following the withdrawal of US and other foreign forces, the Taliban has not been formally recognized by any…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing to meet with Chinese President, Xi Jinping, on a trip aimed at showcasing the trust and “no-limits” partnership between the two countries. President Putin and his entourage flew into Beijing Capital International Airport this morning and were greeted by the Chinese commerce minister Wang Wentao. It is the…
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Indonesia said Saturday that Southeast Asia will not become a “pawn of rivalries” as it emphasized reinforcing regional cooperation. “Instead, South East Asia must be an epicenter of growth, where all countries can benefit meaningfully,” Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi told the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York. “Regional institutions should be…
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Dream, Design, and Deliver When Singapore gained its independence from Britain in 1965, it was a poverty-stricken place with few natural resources. It had a population of warring ethnic and religious groups that was largely uneducated, and many of whom were malaria stricken or opium addicted. Today, it is a gleaming global hub of trade,…
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Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Wednesday after U.S. stocks tumbled overnight as a virus outbreak in China rattled global markets. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index climbed 0.7% to 24,031.35 and the Kospi in South Korea surged 1.2% to 2,267.25. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng jumped 1.3% to 28,355.10. The S&P ASX/200 in Sydney…
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This week, Paige Chua’s highly versatile polka dot one shoulder top is on our shopping list. Huang Biren showed us the perfect ‘power suit’ to wear from boardrooms to bars, and we’d gladly wear Jesseca Liu’s stylish casual Friday get-up throughout week. Felicia Chin also hit the stage in a traffic-stopping yellow suit, while Nurul Aini’s sweater weather outfit is a stylish and functional option…
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According to global market research company Euromonitor International’s “Top 100 City Destinations in 2018” report, which ranks cities based on international tourist arrivals, six of the 10 most visited cities this year are in Asia. While global inbound arrivals are expected to grow by five percent to 1.4 billion trips in 2018, in this year’s…
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