On Sept 29, 2022, the criminal fugitive and ex-lawmaker Ted Hui Chi-fung was sentenced in the High Court to 3.5 years’ imprisonment, after he was convicted in absentia of criminal contempt. The evidence showed that, in 2020, while facing nine criminal charges, he deceived the Judiciary into granting him permission to travel to Denmark to […]
Staff check a client at a drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia on Jan 8, 2022. (MARK BAKER / AP) SYDNEY / HANOI / SINGAPORE / MANILA / YANGON – Australia will end the mandatory five-day home quarantine for COVID-infected people on Oct 14, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday, even as some doctors […]
Volunteers pray in front of bodies of people who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during their funeral at a cemetery in Mandalay, Myanmar July 14, 2021. (Stringer / REUTERS) YANGON / KUALA LUMPUR / SEOUL / SINGAPORE / MANILA / HANOI – Myanmar will extend its COVID-19 preventive measures until Oct 31, according […]
People wearing face masks cross a road amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore May 14, 2021. (CAROLINE CHIA / REUTERS) SINGAPORE / YANGON / MANILA / HANOI – Singapore reported 3,431 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total tally to 1,904,192.Of the new cases, 295 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase […]
A woman receives a shot of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine in Yangon, Myanmar, Aug 29, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) YANGON / SINGAPORE / HANOI / MANILA / KUALA LUMPUR – Myanmar has vaccinated more than 37.1 million people against COVID-19 as of Tuesday, the Ministry of Health's data showed. The figures comprised over 30.5 million people aged 18 […]
The president of the Pacific island state of Micronesia vehemently denounced Japan's decision to discharge nuclear-contaminated water from its Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the Pacific Ocean at the United Nations last week. If anyone still believes this a viable option, his words should disabuse them of the notion. In an address to the […]
People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walk across a pedestrian crossing in Tokyo on July 29, 2022. (SHUJI KAJIYAMA / AP) TOKYO / ISLAMABAD / BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / MANILA / SINGAPORE / HANOI / YANGON – The Japanese government will run a new domestic tourism subsidy program from […]
Syrians collect cleaning products distributed by a non-profit organization at a camp for internally displaced people in the town of Sarmada in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on Sept 25, 2022, as part of an awareness campaign about hygiene in a bid to stem an outbreak of cholera. (AAREF WATAD / AFP) AMMAN – A cholera […]
Mourners march with the body of one of the victims who drowned in the shipwreck of a migrant boat that sank off the Syrian coast, during his funeral after the return of his body in the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, on the outskirts of the Lebanese northern city of Tripoli, on Sept 24, 2022. (FATHI […]
The nation’s 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) calls for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to be turned into a global innovation and technology hub. The central government hopes to see the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Shenzhen join forces to form a world-class inno-tech hub that can measure up to Silicon Valley. Discussions are […]
HONG KONG, Sep 23, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development Office co-organised the inaugural GoGBA Day yesterday (22 September). This business support event aims to engage members of the international business community in Hong Kong that are currently underserved […]
Passengers head to a Covid-19 quarantine station for clearance following their arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on June 1, 2022. (KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP) NEW YORK / MANILA / SINGAPORE / YANGON / ISLAMABAD – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Thursday his country will ease COVID-19 border control requirements next month, a key […]
SEOUL, KOREA, Sept 22, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Starflex-VR Inc. has launched a K-pop 3D VR platform service for fans worldwide. The mobile app SFVR was first released on the VR platforms of Meta Quest and Steam VR and has recently been made available on Google’s and Apple’s stores as well. The […]
Passengers arrive from their flight at the reopened Changi International Airport Terminal 4 in Singapore on Sept 13, 2022, following its closure for more than two years due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. (ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP) SINGAPORE / YANGON / MANILA / HANOI – Singapore reported 3,222 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing […]
In its report released on Wednesday, the Lancet Covid-19 Commission, drawing on more than two years of work from over 170 global experts, painted a lamentable picture of how many members of the world community failed to timely and effectively respond to the pandemic, resulting in "millions of preventable deaths". "This staggering death toll is […]
HONG KONG, Sep 20, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – According to Bloomberg Terminal, China’s smart EV maker Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology Co., Ltd. (“Leapmotor” or the “Company”, stock code: 9863.HK) began to offer its shares today, with JPMorgan,CICC, Citigroup and CCB International as joint sponsors. It is expected to list in Hong Kong Stock […]
TOKYO & SINGAPORE, Sep 20, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – JCB Co., Ltd. (“JCB”), Japan’s only international payment brand, will sponsor STAR ISLAND SINGAPORE COUNTDOWN EDITION 2022-2023 Presented by JCB (“STAR ISLAND”), which will be held by Avex Asia Pte. Ltd. (“Avex Asia”), subsidiary wholly owned by Avex Entertainment Inc., from December 25 […]
JAKARTA, Sep 19, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Several products made by micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) assisted by state-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina sold out at the recent Tong Tong Fair in The Hague, the Netherlands. Visitors check out handicraft products from Indonesia at the Tong Tong Fair, which […]
SINGAPORE, Sep 19, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Society Pass Incorporated (Nasdaq: SOPA) (“SoPa” or the “Company”), Southeast Asia’s (“SEA”) leading data-driven loyalty and e-commerce ecosystem, today announces the filing of Form 8-K/A with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in connection of acquisitions of AdActive Media CA, Inc (the “CA Sub”) and […]
People crowd a street filled with stores as they shop in Manila on Feb 4, 2022. (TED ALJIBE / AFP) HANOI / MANILA / YANGON – Philippine Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said on Friday that Metro Manila "is again back to moderate risk classification" amid surging COVID-19 cases in the capital region. The Philippines reported […]
People gather during a rally decrying rising gun violence while urging politicians to take action in Washington, DC, June 11, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The fact that nearly every US citizen will know at least one victim of gun violence in their lifetime and more than 1 million US citizens have been shot in the […]
President Xi Jinping will attend the 22nd meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in the Uzbek city of Samarkand while paying a state visit to Uzbekistan from Thursday to Friday. The Chinese leader expressed his hopes that the organization can play a greater role in the region and […]
A medical worker inoculates a colleague with a COVID-19 vaccine at the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in New Delhi, India, on Jan 16, 2021. (SAJJAD HUSSAIN / AFP) SEOUL / MANILA / SINGAPORE / NEW DELHI / KUALA LUMPUR / ISLAMABAD – India's daily COVID-19 caseload Friday decreased to 6,298, according to federal health ministry […]
A man receives the fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel on Dec 31, 2021. (TSAFRUR ABAYOV / AP) JERUSALEM / AMMAN / YANGON / SINGAPORE / MANILA – Israel will offer the updated COVID-19 booster shots from Pfizer/BioNTech designed to combat the Omicron BA.4/5 subvariants by the end of […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greet each other before their meeting in New Delhi, India, Dec 6, 2021. (MANISH SWARUP / AP) MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet in Uzbekistan on Friday and discuss trade as well as sales of Russian […]
I am a doctor practicing in Singapore, having moved from Hong Kong to Singapore some 40 years ago. Last week I saw a patient who has been transferred from Hong Kong to Singapore. Her husband works in a company that has manufacturing plants in Southeast Asia and has to travel very often to visit those […]
A cholera-infected woman receives treatment at a hospital in Syria's northern city of Aleppo on Sept 11, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) BEIRUT – A cholera outbreak in several regions of Syria presents "a serious threat to people in Syria and the region", the United Nations representative in the country said, calling for an urgent response […]
Hundreds of high-level delegates of the government, business, civil society organizations and academics from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations region and beyond attend the 2022 ASEAN Leadership and Partnership Forum in Phnom Penh on Sept 11, 2022.(KENRICK LEE / CHINA DAILY) The spirit of togetherness will prop up members of the Association of Southeast […]
People wearing face masks shop at a mall in Yokohama, near Tokyo, June 23, 2020. (KOJI SASAHARA / FILE / AP) TOKYO / SEOUL / MANILA – Japan's government is planning to waive tourist visa requirements from some countries as part of a further easing of border controls enacted to stop the spread of COVID-19, Fuji […]
In this file photo dated march 1, 2019, Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki (center) talks to reporters following a meeting with Japan's then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to report the result of a local referendum at the prime minister's official residence after a vote on the relocation of a US base on the island. (KIMIMASA MAYAMA / […]