SEOUL – The Korean financial industry has mentioned the Southeast Asia region as the place where they want to establish its presence over the next three years to accomplish the country’s new three-year plan. South Korea’s FSC (Financial Services Commission) has announced three-year plan (2020-2022) and the expansion in ASEAN countries among one of the three major strategies for the …

MANILA – Malacañang is leaving the discretion to the private sector to  to conduct the testing for their employees due to the government’s lack of testing capacity. “As much as possible, we are raising our testing capacity that’s why we’re aiming that we reach 30,000 (a day), but in terms of mass testing like what is being done by Wuhan …

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) stated that Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was not involved in the contentious decision to require Riza Shahriz Abdul Aziz to withdraw from his money-laundering charges of more than US$ 248 million (RM1.08 billion today’s exchange rate) of funds related to the 1MDB controversy. In a brief comment, the PMO clarified that the decision was made …

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said there were still asynchronous data related to social assistance (social assistance) during the coronavirus pandemic. He requested that the synchronization of the data be resolved so that the community would immediately get help. Jokowi requested that the social assistance mechanism be made more open and transparent. He asked neighbourhood (RT) and hamlet (RW) to be …

Thai Airways International on Monday confirmed it will further suspend international flights following the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand’s announcement. Further prolonging its ban on inbound and outbound commercial flights until at least June 30. A resumption in July is being considered, and THAI stressed it will continue to monitor the situation with a view to recommencing commercial flights as soon as …

The Kelantan Football Association (Kafa) has asked for a postponement of the penalty levied by the world governing body Fifa with respect to the payment of RM629,620.28 in wage arrears to the former importer Casio Francisco De Jesus. Kafa Action Committee Chairman Ahmad Muzakkir Hamid stated that they had lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) …

Help each other in the midst of a pandemic is needed. The Indonesian diaspora spread all over the world made the Family to Family (DPFF) Diaspora Care program. The target is for workers who get termination of employment (PHK). The Minister of Manpower (Menaker) Ida Fauzyiah said that the Indonesian diaspora will provide donation assistance for formal and informal workers …

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on many countries in South East Asia, A deepening tactical and strategic competition between the two superpower is emerging and the region is getting caught in the middle of it. From technology to tariffs to visas, the USA are beginning to mount up a full attack on China, The South-east Asian region …

MANILA – The Department of Finance (DoF) has announced that a two-month wage subsidy package worth P16.4-B will be credited to the accounts of more than 2.1 million qualified beneficiary-workers of the Small Business Wage Subsidy (SBWS) program. The Small Business Wage Subsidy (SBWS) program, jointly implemented by the Department of Finance (DOF), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), and the …

The Virtual Concert Sharing Love with Bimbo, Bersatu Melawan Corona or United Against Corona which was held on Sunday night May 17, 2020, managed to collect donations in excess of Rp4 billion in two hours. “There is public awareness to share for his brothers who are struggling because of the co-19 effect. The spirit of mutual cooperation to become the …