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A Chinese court said she put poison into the porridge of her colleague's students in an act of revenge.

September 29, 2020 11:57 AM

KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) - Malaysia's largest palm producing state of Sabah has ordered plantations, mills and refineries in one district to shut amid two weeks of curbs on movement to rein in the coronavirus.

September 29, 2020 11:46 AM

KOTA KINABALU - Hajiji Mohd Noor, a leader from Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition, was sworn in as the new Sabah Chief Minister on Tuesday (Sept 29)morning, three days after Mr Muhyiddin's loose alliance managed to wrest the state administration during the state polls.

September 29, 2020 11:41 AM

SEOUL (REUTERS) - South Korea appealed on Tuesday (Sept 29) for strict social-distancing despite a slight fall in the number of its new coronavirus cases, with millions of people set to travel for a major holiday.

The coronavirus pandemic is expected to lead to the slowest growth in more than 50 years in East Asia and the Pacific as well as China, while up to 38 million people are set to be pushed back into poverty, the World Bank said in an economic update on Monday.The World Bank said the East Asia and the Pacific region this year is projected to grow by only 0.9 per cent, the lowest rate since 1967Growth in China is expected to come in at 2 per cent this year, boosted by government spending, strong…

September 29, 2020 11:08 AM

SEOUL (REUTERS) - The missing South Korean fisheries official killed by North Korean soldiers at sea last week had expressed his willingness to defect to the soldiers, South Korea's Coast Guard said on Tuesday (Sept 29).

September 29, 2020 10:38 AM

MANILA (BLOOMBERG) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte criticised Facebook Inc for taking down accounts supposedly linked to the military and police, and questioned if it should continue operations in one of its biggest markets in Asia.

The ex-Vatican treasurer is to return to Rome for the first time since being acquitted of sexual abuse.

September 29, 2020 9:51 AM

SYDNEY (REUTERS) - Australia's coronavirus hotspot state of Victoria on Tuesday (Sept 29) reported 10 new infections in the past 24 hours, turning around a second contagion wave that only last month was infecting over 700 people every day.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday warned that Facebook could not stop him from promoting the objectives of his government, telling the social media giant that they should talk about its purpose in his country.“Facebook, listen to me,” Duterte said in a late-night televised address. “We allow you to operate here hoping that you could help us. Now, if government cannot espouse or advocate something which is for the good of the people, then what is your purpose here in my country?”His…

September 29, 2020 9:35 AM

HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - A Hong Kong appeals panel upheld a police ban on a mass protest planned for Thursday (Oct 1), leaving demonstrators the choice between staying home or risking arrest.

September 29, 2020 9:12 AM

HONG KONG (REUTERS) - When Mr Lau Kai Fai, his wife and teenage son moved into a new Hong Kong flat last month, he thought the 290sq ft (27sq m) of space in his"module home" felt like "winning the lottery."

In a normal year, Lee Kyoung-sook would be looking forward to bringing four generations of her family together to celebrate Chuseok, one of South Korea’s biggest holidays.She would usually sit down for a feast with her husband, their octogenarian parents, their son and their grandchildren to mark the autumn harvest holiday. This year, though, the coronavirus pandemic means that when the five-day Chuseok period begins on Wednesday, Lee’s family reunion will be split into two smaller gatherings…

The latest Asean Summit, the 36th of its kind, was organised under the theme of a “cohesive and responsive Asean”. In a 27-page statement published at the end of the event, this year‘s chair, Vietnam, said the leaders of the 10-member bloc had made commitments to upholding “Asean unity, solidarity and centrality”. On the eve of the summit, fishermen off the coast of Aceh, on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, rescued about 100 stranded Rohingya refugees. They were driven to intervene after…

September 29, 2020 8:37 AM

JOHOR BARU (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The appointment of Johor Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim to lead all youth activities in the state is seen as an important and timely move as he can unite the people, regardless of their race, religion and political views.

September 29, 2020 8:15 AM

BOON RUEANG, THAILAND (REUTERS) - The villagers of Ban Boon Rueang in northern Thailand had long known that they benefited from the community wetland forest that supplied them with fish and firewood, but it wasn't until devastating floods in 2010 that they realised just how much.

September 29, 2020 8:06 AM

GUANGZHOU, CHINA (NYTIMES) - When China faced previous economic slowdowns, it favoured pharaonic, multibillion-dollar construction projects to quickly pump money into the economy. A bullet train network that now connects 700 cities. Ultramodern expressways longer than America's interstate highways. And 81 of the world's 100 highest bridges.

The South Korean K-pop group will become multi-millionaires after their label Big Hit goes public.

The Chinese artist and dissident says the West should have worried about China decades ago.

Why is Kangana Ranaut on a warpath with many of her colleagues?