Malaysia on Thursday added at least nine more countries, including the United States, Britain and France, to its list of long-term immigration pass holders to be barred from the country, national news ... ( read original story ...)
In celebrating 70 years, Milo vintage trucks to travel Malaysia giving out drinks for free
Malaysia's favourite chocolate malt drink Milo is celebrating its 70 years in the country with a slew of activities. Beginning now to September 27, 900 lucky ... ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia’s SABIC starts marketing $1 billion dual-tranche bonds – document
Saudi Basic Industries Corp , the world's fourth-biggest petrochemicals firm, started marketing a $1 billion dual-tranche bond offering on Thursday consisting of 10-year bonds and 30-year Formosa ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea scrambles to add hospital beds as COVID-19 resurgence strains system
South Korea, scrambling to control a second wave of COVID-19, vowed on Thursday to double its critical-care hospital beds amid a severe shortage, highlighting the strain of the pandemic on even ... ( read original story ...)
Typhoon Maysak hits North Korea and South Korea with 90 mph winds
Maysak was the ninth typhoon of the season and the fourth to hit the peninsula this year, bringing rain and flooding to North and South Korea. ( read original story ...)
Typhoon Maysak makes landfall in South Korea – in pictures
Heavy winds and rain lashed much of the Korean peninsula after Typhoon Maysak made landfall, even as damage from a previous typhoon last week was still being repaired and a third typhoon gathered stre ... ( read original story ...)
Typhoon Maysak drenches North and South Korea
A powerful typhoon drenched both Koreas on Thursday, killing at least one person in the South and inundating streets across a port in the North as it churned its way up the peninsula. ( read original story ...)
Myanmar Seals off Capital Amid Virus Surge
Myanmar reported its first local transmission in a month in mid-August in the restive western Rakhine state. Since then, the number of cases has roughly doubled to 1,059 infections and six deaths, ... ( read original story ...)
China’s Top Diplomat Checks in on Myanmar Projects
Yang Jiechi’s visit is a sign of the complications China faces in advancing its strategic interests in Myanmar. ( read original story ...)
Five Myanmar parents in Hua Hin test negative
Five parents of ethnic students who crossed back and forth over the Thai-Myanmar border through natural passageways in Hua Hin district, Prachuap Khiri Khan, have all tested negative for coronavirus, ... ( read original story ...)