ASEAN News

Philippines – According to Parti Warisan (Warisan) Wira head Datuk Azis Jamman, Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal has never recognized Sulu’s claim to Sabah and in fact released a statement requesting Putrajaya to take the problem of the Philippines’ claim seriously. He asked if Mohd Shafie acknowledged Sulu’s claim if he said Putrajaya has to undertake diplomatic negotiations with the …

Vietnam – According to the official media, Vietnam has decided to put the Sony’s action film Uncharted on ban from local release due to a sequence in which a map depicts a disputed line drawn by China to lay its claim to huge swaths of the South China Sea (Mar 12). Tom Holland, Mark Walhberg, and Antonio Banderas feature in …

South Korea – Large number of BTS fans flocked to Seoul on Thursday for the K-Pop singers’ first public performance in the country since the outbreak, despite Covid laws prohibiting them from dancing or singing along. The septet’s three-concert series, dubbed as “Permission to Dance on Stage – Seoul,” begins Thursday evening at the capital’s Olympic Stadium. BTS has gone …

Singapore – The Embassy of Ukraine in Singapore has received calls from people seeking to join the battle in Ukraine, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs, but any individual in Singapore taking part in the war is breaking the law, as added by the ministry. In a statement made by the MHA on March 10, it said that any …

Japan – Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Ramon Lopez has praised the Asia-Japan Investing for the Future Initiative, which seeks to improve investment cooperation in Asia. Lopez said the Japan-led project is likely to assist Southeast Asian countries’ post-pandemic recovery efforts, speaking at the 47th Asean-Japan business summit on Thursday. The Asia-Japan Investing or Future Initiative, …

Malaysia – Tim Leissner, a former Goldman Sachs partner, confessed to accepting US$60 million in bribes, lying to the bank about his unethical dealings, and faking divorce paperwork twice to take on new spouses before a US court. Despite his history of deception, prosecutors are pleading with jurors to trust Leissner in the trial of Roger Ng, a former Goldman …

Malaysia – Kelvin Pang Ching Kuen, Malaysia’s national esports manager for the Hanoi SEA Games, has urged the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) to announce the four players who qualified for the Fifa Online 4 (FO4) electronic game at the biannual Games in May. He said that the four players recommended by the Malaysia Esports Federation (MESF) had the ability …

ASEAN – On the 2nd of March, sixty participants from ASEAN Member States convened electronically for the ASEAN-FIFA Webinar: Universal Design for Football Stadia and Sports Facilities, which included a mix of FIFA member associations, government officials, and sports practitioners. The webinar served as a forum for promoting accessible access for handicapped persons to football stadiums and sports facilities, as …

Singapore – Singapore has imposed sanctions on Russia on Saturday that include four banks and an export embargo on electronics, computers and military products, in a rare measure by the Asian financial center in response to what it said was Moscow’s “dangerous precedent” in Ukraine. The small city-state, a worldwide shipping center, does not usually impose sanctions on its own …

Singapore – By the fourth quarter of this year, the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will have established a new Digital and Intelligence Service (DIS) to handle rising challenges in the digital realm. Along with the present Army, Navy, and Air Force, this will be the SAF‘s fourth service. “The digital terrain has become as real as the land, air, and …