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Memorial tablets bearing the names of Korean victims of the 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings line an altar at a shrine in Hapcheon County. Photo: Kim Jung-yeop

After 80 years, will South Korea’s atomic bomb survivors finally be heard?

Treated as outcasts for decades, these survivors and their children are now speaking out against global nuclear rearmament.

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2 Malaysian tourists set on fire in Bangkok

9 Aug 2025 - 4:53PMvideocam

Green gold: the rise of Thailand’s coveted exotic plant trade

9 Aug 2025 - 2:00PM

Malaysians, Singaporeans brush off Trump’s attack on Intel CEO

Social media users label it a ‘usual case of racism’ in the US against immigrants of Chinese descent, citing similar incident concerning TikTok’s CEO.

9 Aug 2025 - 1:34PM

Intel’s CEO Lip-Bu Tan speaks at the company’s Annual Manufacturing Technology Conference in San Jose, California, on April 29. Photo: Reuters

Indonesian father demands death penalty after soldier son’s hazing death

The father of the 23-year-old victim, who is a sergeant, says he wants those responsible for his son’s death to face the death penalty.

8 Aug 2025 - 8:13PM

Singapore’s Shanmugam meets China envoy for bilateral, security talks

Their meeting comes after the Chinese embassy took issue with local media linking cyberthreat group UNC3886 to China last month.

9 Aug 2025 - 2:59PM

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Malaysia opens murder probe after officer run down by SUV during robbery escape

Police believe the four suspects are part of an interstate burglary gang, with two having dozens of past convictions.

8 Aug 2025 - 2:30PMvideocam

The Lexus SUV driven by the alleged robbers that fatally struck Corporal Mohd Hafizul Izham Mazlan on Thursday afternoon. Photo: Handout

Calls in Indonesia to curb religious intolerance after Christian groups attacked

Attacks are rooted in systemic discrimination against religious minorities in Indonesia and undermine freedom of worship, analysts say.

8 Aug 2025 - 10:00AM

South Korea’s Yoon claims ‘human rights abuse’ after questioning attempt fails

The ex-president’s legal team accused investigators of acting illegally by trying to forcibly remove him from his cell for questioning.

8 Aug 2025 - 3:41PMvideocam

Singaporean tourist arrested in Thailand for flying drone amid nationwide ban

The arrest comes as a ban against the use of drones in Thailand is in place until at least August 15 due to border tensions with Cambodia.

7 Aug 2025 - 4:21PM

A person caught flying a drone in Thailand could face a fine of up to US$1,200, or a maximum of one year’s jail, or both. Photo: Shutterstock

Malaysia’s king enthuses over ‘dream meeting’ with Putin

On the first-ever state visit to Russia by a Malaysian monarch, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar praised Putin’s ‘strength, vision and resilience’.

7 Aug 2025 - 3:26PM

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Malaysia’s King Sultan Ibrahim at the Kremlin in Moscow on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters

Forgive and forget? Prabowo’s pardons divide Indonesia

As Indonesia’s president pardons former political foes Thomas Lembong and Hasto Kristiyanto, is it about unity or consolidating power?

7 Aug 2025 - 12:07PMvideocam

Teen in South Korea arrested over mall bomb threat, 4,000 evacuated

After confirming the threat was a hoax, the Shinsegae store says it is seeking damages from the boy over its US$431,000 business loss.

6 Aug 2025 - 6:46PM

Malaysian politician under fire for comparing women to cows

The PAS official defended his bizarre cattle analogy as ‘art of the Malay language’, even as his own coalition joined the criticism of it.

6 Aug 2025 - 4:25PM

A photo of cows that Muhammad Salman Al Farisi shared on Facebook to illustrate his post. His comments about women were immediately condemned as “demeaning” and “outdated”. Photo: Facebook/Salman Al Farisi Muhammad

‘I apologise’: South Korea’s ex-first lady faces public grilling over scandals

With her husband already in custody, Kim is now being questioned over her role in gift and stock scandals – and a surprise trip to Ukraine.

8 Aug 2025 - 12:43PMvideocam

South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon-hee, wife of impeached ex-president Yoon Suk-yeol, arrives for questioning at the special prosecutor’s office in Seoul on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

All talk, no paper: Japan’s US tariff deal hits a snag

A lack of clarity has left Japan’s crucial vehicle sector in limbo, with the political future of its embattled PM tied to the deal’s success.

6 Aug 2025 - 8:00AMvideocam

Bali immigration officers helped Russians run violent extortion scheme: police

The two officers were arrested alongside the Russians and are likely to lose their jobs, pending the outcome of disciplinary processes.

5 Aug 2025 - 8:59PM

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‘Deeply regressive’: sanitary pad protest stirs outrage in Malaysia

The DAP’s stunt came days after a new report detailing how menstrual stigma affects Malaysian girls’ school attendance and mental well-being.

5 Aug 2025 - 11:33AM

A member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, holds a sanitary pad at Sunday’s protest. Photo: Facebook

Indonesians fly anime pirate flag in Independence Day protest

The flag from Japanese anime One Piece has become an unlikely symbol of defiance in Indonesia, prompting warnings of ‘criminal consequences’.

8 Aug 2025 - 3:01PMvideocam

Cover-up or tragic fall? Malaysia wants answers after student’s death

Rumours of a cover-up have spread like wildfire online. But for Zara Qairina Mahathir’s grieving family, the questions are all too real.

4 Aug 2025 - 1:55PM

F1 tycoon Ong Beng Seng admits guilt in Singapore minister gifts scandal

The 79-year-old businessman pleaded guilty on Monday to one charge of abetting obstruction of justice. His sentencing is set for August 15.

4 Aug 2025 - 4:27PM

Ong Beng Seng at the Marina Bay Street Circuit last year during a practice for the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix. Photo: Reuters

‘Did we really win?’: Bangladeshis weigh progress a year after uprising

Momentum for reform has been stymied by a hostile bureaucracy and political fragmentation, as disillusionment grows on the streets.

3 Aug 2025 - 2:41PM

A Bangladeshi man walks past anti-government wall murals along a road in Dhaka. Bangladesh on July 1, 2025, marks one year since students launched protests that culminated weeks later in the overthrow of the government. Photo: AFP

How Singapore’s economic architect Goh Keng Swee shaped its state-linked giants

As Singapore’s first finance minister, colleagues say he built state firms with the rigour of a businessman and vision of a nation-builder.

3 Aug 2025 - 10:00AMvideocam

Is Thailand’s conflict-hit economy running out of luck?

As conflict with Cambodia compounds decades of political turmoil, analysts warn ‘Teflon’ Thailand may have lost its ability to bounce back.

4 Aug 2025 - 12:58PMvideocam

How ghost stories helped launch the career of one of Singapore’s pioneer leaders

Before becoming Singapore’s first social affairs minister, Othman Wok thrilled readers with horror tales that revived a struggling magazine.

2 Aug 2025 - 11:08AMvideocam

Othman Wok – Singapore’s first minister for social affairs and a key advocate for multi-racialism. Photo: People’s Action Party

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