Indonesia – Unexpectedly, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) communicated trust that Sorong District in West Papua Province would fill in as the fundamental maker of cultivating items for the eastern Indonesia area. The West Papua Province can possibly turn into the primary maker of cultivating wares for eastern Indonesia. The area has 11 thousand hectares of cornfields and 7,000,000 hectares of …

Malaysia – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will carry on conducting operations, arresting suspects, and prosecuting high-profile and public interest cases despite the imposition of mobility restrictions owing to the Covid-19 outbreak. Datuk Seri Azam Baki, MACC’s chief commissioner, said the agency started 687 probing documents between January and August this year, including 149 in the “high-profile, public interest, and …

Malaysia – Eighteen years later, Malaysia’s national shuttlers remain winless against Japan, falling 4-1 to the team from the Land of the Rising Sun at the mixed team Sudirman Cup competition in Vantaa, Finland. Malaysia, who previously defeated Japan 3-2 in the group stage of the 2003 tournament in the Netherlands, finished second in Group D, while Japan finished first. …

Russia – Russia’s old imperial dynasty descendant wedded his Italian fiancée in the first royal wedding on Russian territory in more than a century, since tsarist times. Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov married Italian Victoria Romanovna Bettarini at Russia’s old imperial capital St Petersburg’s St Isaac’s Cathedral. The lavish ceremony was performed by Russian Orthodox clergy in front of hundreds …

Philippines – Surprisingly, Sen. Manny Pacquiao has been kicked out of a PDP-Laban group for documenting his authentication of office for the administration under a neighborhood party, a move that conflicts with the decision party’s constitution. In view of this, PDP-Laban secretary-general Melvin Matibag said Pacquiao’s documenting his nomination under PROMDI, a neighborhood party situated in Cebu, implies that he …

Philippines – The Philippines and the United States need to obviously pass on the message of implementing the 1951 US-Philippine Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) to China to forestall struggle, as the country needs to recuperate from the Duterte organization’s apparently careless quest for favorable to China approaches and compromising the security union with Washington, previous unfamiliar secretary Albert del Rosario …

Malaysia – Datuk Lokman Noor Adam, a former UMNO Supreme Council member, has been recently accused in the Sessions Court for disseminating Covid-19 false news through audio visual recordings in April and May of this year. Lokman, 48, however, pleaded not guilty when Judge MM Edwin Paramjothy read the two counts to him. On May 3 at 10.55 p.m. and …

Philippines – Surprisingly, President Duterte shared that he might visit the United States to actually thank its administration and the American individuals for the large numbers of COVID-19 immunization dosages gave to the Philippines. In view of this, Duterte offered the comment as the nation is set to get one more 5,000,000 dosages of COVID-19 shots from the US. He …

Malaysia – UMNO’s president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said that the party’s decision not to collaborate with Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia in the 15th general election (GE15) has been finalized. According to Ahmad Zahid, the decision was not simply a result of a resolution passed by the party’s supreme working council but was the result of a grassroots voice …

Myanmar – An ASEAN special envoy dedicated to promoting dialogue in Myanmar’s coup-torn nation is unlikely to be permitted to meet with deposed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, as stated by the country’s military regime. According to a monitoring organization, more than 1,100 people have died in the post-coup violence in Myanmar, and the Association of South-East Asian Nations …