There’s more to Ipoh than just hor fun and beansprout chicken. From hawker fare and dim sum to a picturesque lakeside restaurant, here are six places you should check out – including where to get salted chicken from a vending machine.
China has felt pressure from the United Kingdom and the European Union as a dozen Chinese firms were accused of supplying Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war machine. After the Group of Seven (G7) leaders discussed the Ukraine war in a virtual meeting on Wednesday, the UK
Anna Mani, one of India's first women scientists, broke barriers to blaze a trail in meteorology.
The Dendrobium orchid is sacred to Taiwan's Tsou tribe, but it is getting harder and harder to find.
Circumstances have greatly changed since former US president Donald Trump's and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's “bromance” that captivated the world, says this observer of East Asian politics.
Will Malaysia’s new tobacco control law be effective in battling smoking and vaping, without a “generational endgame” ban? Kuala Lumpur-based health journalist Loh Foon Fong gives her take.
Many were stranded in Shan state by intense fighting between the military and ethnic rebels.
The song links the 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement with last year's 'white paper' protests, naming dissidents.
EU officials take issue with China's support for Russia and a huge trade deficit, amid pressure to 'de-risk' ties.
The treaty is key to US opposition to Beijing's vast South China Sea claims, but Washington is not a party to it.
Experts cast doubt on results, saying leaked files show that Uyghur detainees were sent to the Xinjiang factory.
A relationship forged in Soviet times has assumed new significance as the two nations face international isolation.
December 07, 2023 10:35 PM Israeli strikes have killed 17,177 Palestinians in Gaza since Oct. 7 and 350 people have died in the past 24 hours, Gaza's Health Ministry said on Thursday, adding health services were barely functioning in the northern half of the besieged enclave.
December 07, 2023 9:40 PM Taiwan reported rare nighttime Chinese military activity around the island on Thursday, including aircraft crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait, as Beijing continues such missions ahead of Taiwan's January election.
December 07, 2023 9:25 PM 28-year-old Ziyu Wang posted a clip saying a Bangkok district famous for its nightlife is not safe.
December 07, 2023 9:05 PM FBI Director Christopher Wray will visit India next week, officials said, days after Washington accused an Indian government official of directing an unsuccessful plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist on American soil.
December 07, 2023 8:57 PM Corridor will serve as a test bed for digital solutions, alternative fuels and technologies, as well as to facilitate manpower development.
December 07, 2023 8:50 PM The deal ensures that Australia is made aware of Papua New Guinea plans to develop closer strategic ties with China.
Singapore and Tianjin will also establish a green and digital shipping corridor – the first such corridor to connect the two countries.
December 07, 2023 8:01 PM Asian Insider brings you insights into a fast-changing region from our network of correspondents and commentators.
December 07, 2023 7:45 PM Amnesty International said on Thursday that Israeli strikes that killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six others in south Lebanon on Oct. 13 were likely a direct attack on civilians that must be investigated as a war crime.
December 07, 2023 7:35 PM A start-up in Japan's space industry is testing a prototype rocket engine that runs on fuel derived purely from cow dung.
December 07, 2023 7:30 PM Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign intelligence chief told the United States on Thursday that Western support for Ukraine would turn the conflict into a \"second Vietnam\" haunting Washington for years to come.
December 07, 2023 7:30 PM Agreements were inked at the 19th Joint Council on Bilateral Cooperation.
December 07, 2023 7:15 PM From Arkansas to Ukraine, from ceremonies to courtrooms, from neighborhood games to top-flight tennis matches, Reuters photographers were on the ground in 2023 to bring the world to the world.
As the US gets AUKUS Pillar Two up to speed, its focus on non-nuclear technologies may open opportunities for countries like Canada and New Zealand to join the emerging defense alliance. This month, Defense One reported that the Pentagon is pushing for the next phase of the
Regime soldiers are also pressing retired military and medical personnel into serving.
December 07, 2023 6:26 PM Netizens wonder if AirAsia boss was endorsing SIA or giving his own business a pat on the back.
Moody’s Investors Service is busily and provocatively poking not just one bear — but the two biggest creatures in the global economic kingdom. Last month, the agency’s analysts threatened to yank away Washington’s last remaining AAA credit rating. That broadside exacerbated the
December 07, 2023 6:05 PM BUENOS AIRES/ Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei has a China conundrum.
One of the biggest Chinese-language acts is in trouble over a rarely-enforced regulation.
SINGAPORE – Deng Xiaoping, China’s former liberalizing premier who opened the once-closed nation to the outside world, once famously quipped that “if you open the window for fresh air, you have to expect some flies to blow in.” It’s a maxim proving true in Singapore as the
December 07, 2023 5:25 PM Some Singapore-registered cars were also caught in the flash flood.
Kathmandu has asked Moscow to return all Nepali mercenaries after six of them were killed.
December 07, 2023 4:55 PM Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday called an early presidential election for Feb. 7, according to a document published by his office.
The agreements were unveiled at the 19th Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation meeting, co-chaired by Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang.
Will neighboring countries follow the Philippines’ assertive transparency campaign in the South China Sea?
December 07, 2023 4:00 PM Unesco on Dec 6 officially designated the festival as an Intangible Cultural Heritage.
December 07, 2023 3:45 PM U.S. energy envoy Amos Hochstein said on Thursday he did not think hope should be lost with regards to normalisation of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel and it remains a goal for his country despite the ongoing war in Gaza.
December 07, 2023 3:45 PM EU lawmakers and governments were still wrangling on Thursday morning over several key issues on landmark rules governing artificial intelligence, two sources familiar with the matter said, as marathon overnight talks entered their second day.
After an uneasy seven-day truce, Israel and Hamas are once again locked in violent combat. Each side has accused the other of violating the truce. What is really important is the consequence of this resumption of conflict. Thousands more Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank