In December last year, a Russian couple – Ivan Beerkus and his partner, Angela Nikolau – were investigated after photos of the pair at the top of Merdeka 118 went viral on social media platforms.  The posts drew the anger of Malaysians who commented that…

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s parliament will assess the legal standing of an emergency regulation signed by President Joko Widodo to replace a Job Creation law, the deputy speaker said on Tuesday (Jan 10), as activists called for a protest against the controversial decree. Civil society groups plan…

Hikeshi Spirit, a clothing store in Tokyo’s Asakusa district that was hugely popular with Chinese tourists before the pandemic, is also hoping this key customer segment will join other nationalities in returning soon, sales manager Masaki Nagayama said. “About 90 per cent of our staff…

“Our government’s enhanced quarantine measures on travellers from China are based on scientific and objective evidence,” Lim Soo-suk, a spokesperson for Seoul’s foreign ministry, told a regular briefing following the announcement. South Korea began requiring travellers from China to undergo a PCR test upon arrival…

The number of patients at clinics in the province reached a peak on Dec 19, but the number of severe cases was still high, he said, without giving further details. Yin Yong, acting mayor of Beijing, was cited as saying the capital was also past…

The chairman of Tata Sons group, which owns Air India, has expressed “anguish” over an incident in which a drunk man allegedly urinated on a female passenger on a flight.  The man was arrested by Indian police on Saturday (Jan 7). He was later fired as vice president of…