Indonesian lawmakers are investigating a controversial decision by the police to drop charges against 15 companies allegedly behind forest fires in Riau province last year.A working committee set up by the parliamentary commission for law, human rights and security...
Indonesian Firliana Purwanti believes that sex empowers a woman and talking openly about it puts her on equal footing with men - a conviction that not only makes her an anomaly among women in her country, but also a...
BATAM - The travel warning for Singapore may affect tourism in Riau Islands.Travel warnings issued by several countries for Singapore over the spread of the Zika virus could have a negative impact on tourism in Riau Islands as most...
Image: Category: NewsAsiaPublication Date: Thursday, September 1, 2016 - 09:53Keywords: Narendra ModiindiaAsian economyExternal URL: Why India is not the new ChinaSend to mobile app: Byline: Huileng Tan
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Tokyo - A Japanese gunman accused of shooting dead a construction worker and wounding three others was taken into custody on Wednesday following a long and tense standoff with police, news reports said.Yasuhide Mizobata fled into an apartment building...
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Naypyidaw, Myanmar - Peace talks between Myanmar's government and warring ethnic minorities kicked off Wednesday in a bid to end decades of conflict that have claimed thousands of lives and kept the country mired in poverty.A sea of colour...
Tokyo - Plans to move Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market - the world's largest - were put on ice Wednesday over fears about toxic contamination at the new facility, as the cost of the move soars.The megacity's new governor, Yuriko...
TOKYO - At least 11 people were found dead in northern Japan on Wednesday after Typhoon Lionrock battered the region with torrential rain, triggering widespread flooding. National broadcaster NHK said police found the bodies of nine people at a...
Beijing - A suspected murderer on the run for 16 years in China found refuge in Buddhist temples, eventually rising to become an abbot, state media said Wednesday.Zhang Liwei was detained by police earlier this month on suspicion of...
