FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho
Macau, Friday, April 11, 2025
South Korea’s military said yesterday that a North Korean soldier had crossed the border between the rivals to defect. South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff said military officials were investigating the
Pockets within the Myanmar military may still be cooperating with North Korea although the new civilian government and the military leadership oppose such ties, a senior U.S. official said yesterday. During Myanmar’s years
Thai authorities threatened to arrest Amnesty International speakers who were set to hold a news conference yesterday to release a report detailing allegations of torture at the hands of the
The U.S. intends to deploy a missile defense system in South Korea “as soon as possible” to counter the threat from North Korea despite opposition from China, the top U.S.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has used a meeting with his Singaporean counterpart to promote Japan’s Shinkansen “bullet” train technology for use in a planned high-speed railway linking Singapore and
Up to eight inmates fought at the Philippine national penitentiary yesterday, leaving a high-profile Chinese drug lord dead and four other inmates injured, officials said. The melee occurred amid a
Singapore can do more to address the money-laundering risks posed by the country’s status as a global financial center, the Financial Action Task Force said. While acknowledging that the Southeast Asian
An alleged timber smuggler in Cambodia has given journalists a lesson in ethics: People who take bribes should honor their commitments — or be prepared to die. Timber smuggling and bribery
The body of a newspaper editor killed seven years ago was exhumed yesterday for a fresh investigation as Sri Lanka’s government looks anew at multiple unsolved killings of journalists under
A teenage surfer was in stable condition after he was bitten by a shark yesterday at the same Australian beach where a Japanese surfer was fatally mauled last year, officials
Australia’s trade minister will lead the country’s first business delegation to visit Iran in 14 years after sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear program were eased. Steven Ciobo said he will leave today
A Philippine Airlines plane en route to Haneda airport in Tokyo returned to Manila’s airport 20 minutes into its flight yesterday after the crew detected smoke in the cabin. The plane with 235 people
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he has decided to “cross the Rubicon” in his ties with the United States and will open trade alliances and offer long-term land leases to
A passenger spotted a python curled around the armrest of another passenger’s seat on a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen “bullet” train, forcing the train to make an unscheduled stop. No one was
Singapore has done it again. The city-state beat New Zealand to rank first in a survey of expat destinations for the second year running. Among nearly 27,000 expats in 190
Former Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, whose government was ousted in a military coup in 2014, should be fined about 35 billion baht (USD1 billion) for overseeing a program to
Despite growing international criticism of his government’s bloody crackdown on illegal drugs, the Philippines top diplomat told world leaders Saturday that the rule of law governs the campaign to eradicate the illicit
North Korean defectors who became brides for rural Chinese men, they faced another excruciating choice when they suffered abuse: to flee to South Korea and leave their children. Women who’ve made that choice
Facing international pressure over human trafficking in the seafood trade, Thailand promised almost a year ago to compensate victims of slavery and industry leaders vowed to bring all fish processing
North Korea’s repeated flouting of U.N. Security Council resolutions by conducting nuclear and missile tests calls into question its suitability for membership of the world body, South Korea’s top diplomat
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