Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, the leader of G20 President Indonesia, undertook a carefully curated tour of Northeast Asia this week to ensure multilateral support for the group’s summit in November amid divisions over Russia’s war in Ukraine, analysts said.
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Malaysia on Friday raised the prospect of junking ASEAN’s five-point consensus to resolve Myanmar’s post-coup crisis, after the Burmese junta “made a mockery” of it by executing four political prisoners.
Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah, w…
The number of North Koreans filing for divorce has increased, due in part, sources say, to the stresses of a crippled economy. But because the government considers the dissolution of a marriage to be “anti-socialist,” many couples are forced to wait ye…
Continue ReadingMANILA, The Philippines reported 4,127 new COVID-19 infections yesterday, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the country to 3,768,474.Yesterday’s number of new cases is the highest daily tally since Feb 10.The Department of Health (DOH) said, th…
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia reported 4,860 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the national total to 4,672,999 , according to the health ministry.There are 11 new imported cases and 4,849 local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s web…
Continue ReadingSINGAPORE, Singapore reported 7,938 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 1,702,392.Of the new cases, 797 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests, and 7,141 through ART (antigen rapid test) tests, accord…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles County dropped a plan to impose a universal indoor mask mandate this week as COVID-19 infections and rates of hospitalizations have stabilized, a top health official said Thursday.Health director Barbara Ferrer said two weeks ago that the n…
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