The carrier is adopting a “more cautious approach” to managing turbulence in the wake of what happened on flight SQ321, which was hit by extreme turbulence and forced to divert to Bangkok. One person died and scores were injured.
The Chinese ambassador said the ‘Japanese people will be dragged into the fire’ if they continue to support Taiwan’s independence, similar to comments he made last year.
Thailand’s Constitutional Court accepted a complaint seeking to remove Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin over his cabinet appointment of a lawyer who served jail time, in a new legal setback for the government.
Anwar, who is attending a Nikkei annual conference in Tokyo, said China is an important neighbour as it grows economically and militarily.
Climbers usually take days to reach the top of the 8,849-metre mountain, but Phunjo Lama conquered the world’s highest peak in 14 hours and 31 minutes.
The Philippines says it has contingency plans to counter China’s actions including filing a diplomatic protest against Beijing.
Twenty people remained in intensive care and a 73-year-old British man died after the Boeing 777, which was flying from London to Singapore, suddenly descended sharply after hitting turbulence on Tuesday.
Troubled Malaysian state fund 1MDB has sued Petrosaudi International Ltd.’s executive Patrick Mahony for US$1.83 billion over a 2009 joint venture with the oil exploration firm.
Claims that the alleged deal was already in place before Duterte’s term are meant to shift the blame to former leader Benigno Aquino III, observers say.
The married man, now aged 33, was sentenced to three years’ jail on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to two charges of engaging in sexual acts with a person under 16 years of age.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese Premier Li Qiang will meet in Seoul on May 26 and 27.
Police said the incident allegedly occurred at an outlet in Penang state last week.
Controversial private projects, increase in tourist boat trips near ecologically important mangrove forests have upset conservationists in Hoi An.
The BJP has crossed the majority mark by winning 272 out of 543 seats in the lower house of the parliament, Modi said in an interview with The Economic Times, published on Thursday.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said he appealed to Hamas leaders to return Israeli hostages in exchange for the prisoners held in the mainly Jewish state.
India’s PM denies his ruling Hindu-nationalist party wants a two-thirds parliamentary majority to strip the word ‘secular’ from the constitution. The opposition aren’t so sure.
Singapore’s new flexitime guidelines are just the start. From Malaysia to Indonesia and the Philippine’s traffic-clogged capitals, young professionals are demanding a better work-life balance.
From Singapore and Malaysia to Australia, New Zealand and the China-focused clinics of Thailand, would-be parents are finding fertility treatments can take their financial, physical and emotional toll.
With the junkets of Asia’s gambling capital ‘decimated’ by an anti-corruption crackdown, money launderers have shifted focus to more loosely regulated casinos in Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines and Myanmar.