JAKARTA - Indonesian police quelled a mass protest by tens of thousands of hardline Muslims on Friday, firing tear gas and water cannon into crowds demanding the resignation of the Christian governor of Jakarta, who they said had insulted...
SHANGHAI - A Chinese monkey described as the "king of prophets" has tipped Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for the US presidency, a tourism park said, after the creature successfully predicted the winner of football's European Championship final earlier this...
BATAM, Indonesia - The death toll from aboat accident in Indonesia has climbed to 54, an official said on Friday (Nov 4), after dozens of bodies were found floating in the ocean. Search teams on Friday pulled another 36 corpses from...
TOKYO - In April last year, Ms Matsuri Takahashi, a promising graduate of Japan's top university, landed a job at Dentsu, one of the country's most prestigious advertising agencies, renowned for its hard-driving work culture. Nine months later, she jumped to...
As the clock struck 10:54 a.m., Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama had yet to inform reporters on where he would be campaigning on Friday. It had been reported that we would take the day off on account of Friday's...
JAKARTA - The death toll from a boat accident off an Indonesian island rose to 36 on the third day of a search for survivors, police said, with hopes fading on Friday for 24 people still missing. A packed speed...
President Park Geun-hye on Friday said she would agree to prosecutors' questioning on the extensive corruption scandal involving her lifelong confidante Choi Soon-sil. While vowing to take "full responsibility" for her mistakes, the president also urged the government to resume...
Since the Reform Era, the capital has seen more than its fair share of street protests and as most Jakartans well know, often the worst thing that results from a demonstration is severe gridlock. To deal with the possibility of...
Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday (Nov 3) made an emotional admission that she might be unable to pay the 35 billion Baht (S$1.39b) in civil liability damages stemming from her government's corruption-plagued rice pledging scheme. The current government has...
JAKARTA - Truckloads of soldiers and police took the streets of Jakarta on Friday, securing shopping malls and business areas, as residents in the Indonesian capital braced for a large-scale protest planned by hardline Muslim groups. Thousands of protesters, led...
