Thematic image. The city-state hanged a 59-year-old man on Wednesday for drug trafficking, authorities said, the second execution in the city-state in less than a week. PHOTO: UNSPLASH ...

SEOUL – To enhance the nation’s digital skills and competitiveness, South Korea is rolling out a new initiative aimed at improving digital capabilities among adults aged 30 and older. The government ...

AI enhances flood warnings but cannot erase risk of disaster I has supercharged weather forecasting, using a range of statistical tools to analyze years of historical data and predict patterns, and at ...

KUALA LUMPUR – “HE was in drag?” I asked a Datuk friend of mine who attended Singaporean stand-up comedian Kumar’s show in Kuala Lumpur on Friday night. My friend sent me a photograph of Kumarason ...

SEOUL – The news that novelist Han Kang has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature came as a wonderful surprise to the Korean people. We feel it’s been a long time coming: Whereas Japan already has ...

KUALA LUMPUR – Putrajaya will stand firm on its territorial claims in the South China Sea and continue oil exploration activities despite China’s objections, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar ...

HANOI – Việt Nam’s contribution to ASEAN’s total GDP has grown significantly over the years, increasing to 12 per cent at present from under 6 per cent in 2000. Việt Nam News spoke with Heng Koon How, ...

BEIJING – The Taihang Mountains are steeped in cultural heritage and have been the birthplace of numerous heroes. It spans across Beijing, Hebei province, Shanxi province, and Henan province. During ...

These virtual assistants can in effect think for themselves and work on their own, putting them well ahead of regular AI agents such as chatbots, which often need a person to tell them what to do at ...

MANILA – Not long ago, the ultimate turncoat in modern Philippine politics slyly boasted of the so-called “Duterte magic.” His characteristically sycophant intervention came shortly after his patron, ...

JAKARTA – Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) chairman and the youngest son of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Kaesang Pangarep, announced the birth of his first child, a daughter, on Tuesday. Kaesang ...

MANILA – Former President Rodrigo Duterte will be called into a separate drug war probe that his allies in the Senate plan to initiate during the session break. The investigation will be conducted by ...