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Singapore has started Covid-19 vaccination drive for 400,000 students with ages 12 and above. It has started today at 8 AM which began with those who are taking the N, O and A-level examinations. A line of students along with their parents to accompany them were seen in the Bishan Community Club for the vaccination. Related PostsFormer law minister Zaid …

The index of industrial production (IIP) increased by 9.9 per cent during the first five months of the year over the same period of last year. Whereas, the processing and manufacturing industry grew by 12.6 percent, while the electricity production and distribution industry 8.3 percent, the water supply, drainage and waste treatment 7.5 percent, while the mining industry decreased by …

An official has given a statement today that the rescue teams are currently doing search operations to look for one missing person after having all other passengers evacuated from a ferry that caught fire in Indonesia. The ferry involved which is the KM Karya Indah was on its way to Sanana, a remote port in the northeast of the Indonesian …

ASEAN states has launched the ASEAN Regional Action Plan for Combating Marine Debris in the ASEAN Member States (2021 – 2025), which provides a scalable, solution-focused joint strategy to address marine plastic debris across the region. As this was adopted ahead of World Environment Day on June 5 and World Oceans Day on June 8, the Action Plan represents a …

China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) inaugurated their Year of Sustainable Development Cooperation in Beijing on Friday. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang sent a congratulatory letter to the event, saying that he hoped both sides could strengthen ties in environmental protection and disaster relief, and address such pressing issues as climate change and poverty alleviation. Zhao Yingmin, the …

The decision of the Indonesian court on the trial of a hardline Muslim cleric indicted for coronavirus curbs violation as well as for instigating his followers to attend mass gatherings after his return will be delivered today. The court hearing held on a livestream presented the spiritual leader of an outlawed Islamist vigilante group ― the Islamic Defender’s Front (FPI) …

Six Cambodian migrant workers attempted to cross the Thai border in pursuit of luxury timber kranhuong which is also called by its botanical name Dalbergia cochinchinensis. The Thai soldiers found them and fired at the group which have gotten one of them injured. The head of Cambodia-Thailand liaison bureau in Region 5, Suon Sambo, stated that his team received a …

A US editor working for a Myanmar news site was detained yesterday over an attempt to take a flight out of the country. His news company said that since the coup in February, he was the fourth foreign journalist to be taken captive by the junta. According to Twitter post of the news site, the 37-year old Danny Fenster who …

ASEAN’s heads of government met in an informal summit in Jakarta, which as time has passed by so quickly – it has been a month since then – to discuss their collective response to the February coup in Myanmar. What an achievement it has been that, despite the presence of the coup leader Min Aung Hlaing, the group was able …

Myanmar’s political prisoners have told the Japanese journalists who were arrested for a short time about how they were tortured with beatings and sleep deprivation. Last month, Yuki Kitazumi was detained in Myanmar with other political prisoners in Insein prison located in Yangon and got released last week. He said to the reporters in Tokyo that he have met with …