Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Monday Travel-bubble tourism will include limits on destinations and visitor numbers, inbound flights and where they come from. He said the government was still deliberating which areas foreign visitors would be allowed to go. Also when the ban on tourism is lifted. Those areas would need to have disease control measures in place, …

DAP MP Hannah Yeoh said today that she was asked to appear for questioning in Bukit Aman on a post about child marriage related to social media. The former deputy minister of women, family and community development said she had received a call today from the headquarters of the Federal Police over a tweet in March. Bukit Aman has called …

Country Heights Holdings Bhd President Tan Sri Lee Kim Tiong confirmed that his other company had previously received an RM5.9 million check from Lewis & Co — a law firm named in Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi — for two Country Heights homes. Lee, who testified as the 57th prosecution witness in Zahid ‘s money-laundering and corruption trial, said that …

Five adult men and two boys have been detained accused of raping a 12-year-old girl close to them in Central Thailand’s Suphan Buri province. Most of the suspects are the victim’s relatives and neighbours. Pol Col Manote Chitphakdi, deputy commander of Suphan Buri police, told a press briefing the victim’s sister, who is also her legal guardian, notified police last …

MANILA – Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles and Former Philippine Team head coach Tab Baldwin apologized on Monday for the unfiltered remarks that he made regarding the league and its coaches last weekend. The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) said in a statement that Baldwin was apologetic and claimed that his comments were taken out of context. Baldwin issued his …

MANILA – Food prices in Metro Manila fell after shooting up in the month of March as much as 45% during the government imposed lockdown. According to Department of Agriculture’s (DA) price monitoring reports, the prices of some basic agricultural commodities decreased by as much as 71%. The retail prices of meat, fish and vegetables in the public market have …

Tu Pham of Vietnam and Marx Sickmind of the Philippines collaborated to create what has become the hip hop anthem for Southeast Asian solidarity. ‘Save Our Seas,’ hip hop anthem for ASEAN solidarity was made in their hopes to raise awareness about China’s aggressive posture in the region. Their rap song which was posted in November 2019 has over 65,000 …

SEOUL – Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) chief and South Korea’s foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha spoke via telephone on Monday to further discussed ways to better cooperate amid the coronavirus pandemic. According to Kang, the country is looking for ways that would allow businesspeople from Asean member states to have a special entry to enable essential economic activities. South …

Xiaomi has launched its huge Mi Power Bank 3 30,000mAh which keeps more backup power on the go. This is effectively the higher-capacity variant of the 20,000mAh Mi Power Bank 3 that allows easy 2-way charging. It is priced at CNY 169 (about RM101) in China and comes with 2x USB-A, 1x USB-C, and 1x microUSB port. The device USB-C …

Sales of debt from Malaysia may make a comeback in the midst of economic prosperity that reopened, Kenanga Research said. The firm said the US 10-year average yield from the Treasury had inched slightly higher by two basis points ( bps) in May to 0.66 percent, lifted by investor optimism as economies begin to reopen. On the other hand, the …