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Society
Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan cast as contrasting figures in dramatic events unfolding in Hong Kong
By Ivan Lim Former AJA President Singapore: Two iconic Hongkong martial artistes, the late Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan have been cast as contrasting faces of the civil disobedience movement that is roiling Hong Kong in the past four months. Organisers of the anti-government movement have attributed their flash-mob street…
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South Asia
Health experts alarmed as vaping trend rises among Pakistan youth
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Vaping trend among the youngsters in Pakistan is on the rise, as according to health experts roughly 5 percent of the country’s teenagers have switched to e-cigarettes. The retail sale of e-cigarettes is allowed in the country and there are no restrictions on their…
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Seoul vows to better protect defectors’ privacy after controversy over 2016 mass defection
Seoul: The unification ministry said Tuesday it will improve the way news of defections by North Koreans is made public to ensure their privacy. The decision follows criticism it mishandled the 2016 high-profile defections of about a dozen restaurant workers. The 12 North Korean waitresses, employees of a restaurant in…
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Society
Kyrgyzstan celebrates Komuz Day with great fanfare, impressive displays
Osh: Kyrgyzstan celebrated with great fanfare Komuz Day, a special cultural event that brought together around 500 komuzists to play Komuz, the Kyrgyz national three-stringed musical instrument. During the event organized by the Department of Culture of Osh city, the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan and located in the south…
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Politics
Malaysia gearing up for all national, international challenges
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad pledged his government would continue to engage the young people and instill in them the spirit of volunteerism, entrepreneurship and good values so that they would be more productive and competitive in the face of the fourth Industrial Revolution. He also stressed…
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Business
Korea’s growth potential set to decline due to aging population
Seoul: South Korea’s growth potential is expected to fall at a faster rate than earlier anticipated largely due to the aging of the population that will also lead to a cut in the number of eligible workers, a central bank report said Monday. The country’s growth potential for the 2016-2020…
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Society
Malaysia warns against threats by fake news, cybercrimes to society
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s Deputy Prime Minister has stressed that social media should be used responsibly and warned that fake news churned out by some people could disrupt society. “There are some people who are willing to become ‘paid writers’, there is even the term “fakery”, not bakery, a place to…
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Society
Colombo Declaration sets mimum marriage age at 18 in South Asia
Colombo: The minimum age for marriage should be 18 years, parliamentarians from South Asia have agreed. The lawmakers from India, Pakistan, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Afghanistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka who attended a two-day forum on Child Rights in South Asia have also agreed that the general law of the country…
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South Asia
Pakistan: Woman held captive by brothers for 10 years
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Police in Hafizabad town of Punjab province on Friday rescued a woman from a house where she had been held captive in a small room for almost ten years. The woman, identified as Naila Bibi, was kept captive in the house by two of…
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Business
Mahathir: Malays need to change attitude, seize work opportunities
Kuala Lumpur: Malays cannot consider themselves the masters in their own country if they are poor and continue to depend on the sympathy of other people, Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has stressed. They should seize the opportunities for the jobs that are now mostly filled by foreigners, he added.…
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