Asia
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Can stablecoins such as Johor Regent’s RMJDT reshape digital payments in Southeast Asia?
However, experts maintained that Southeast Asia governments can follow in the footsteps of the likes of Hong Kong and Singapore…
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Commentary: Myanmar’s flawed election is also a test of ASEAN credibility
COULD ASEAN RE-ENGAGE MYANMAR? Ultimately, the quest for credibility is not just for Myanmar but ASEAN as well. After the…
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4 injured in petrol station bombings in Thailand’s Deep South
BANGKOK: Assailants detonated bombs at nearly a dozen petrol stations in Thailand’s Deep South early Sunday (Jan 11), injuring four…
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Autogate outage affecting foreigners at Johor Bahru land checkpoint remains unresolved: Malaysia’s border agency
JOHOR BAHRU: An autogate outage affecting foreign travellers at the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex (BSI) in…
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Japan PM Sanae Takaichi may call early election, coalition partner says
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi may call an early general election, the head of her party’s coalition partner, Hirofumi…
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North Korea demands detailed ‘explanation’ from Seoul over drone incursion
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister has demanded a detailed “explanation” from Seoul over a drone it…
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Myanmar votes in second phase of military-run election
YANGON: Voters in war-torn Myanmar queued up on Sunday (Jan 11) to cast their ballots in the second stage of…
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North Korea accuses South Korea of another drone incursion
SEOUL: North Korea accused the South on Saturday (Jan 10) of flying another spy drone over its territory this month,…
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Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia’s Talaud Islands
JAKARTA: An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Talaud Islands on Saturday (Jan 10), the German…
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Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images
JAKARTA: Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot on Saturday (Jan 10) due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content,…
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