KUALA LUMPUR: Perhaps the best known date on the Buddhist calendar, familiar even to non-Buddhists, is the thrice sacred day of "Wesak". And Malaysians will celebrate the Wesak festival on Monday ...

"We call for enhanced regional unity and cooperation as we endeavor to weather the heightened uncertainty,” officials from Japan, China, South Korea and the Association of South-East Asian ...

For his final work, Luke developed a series of soundtracks for specific locations in Tokyo, with the music reflecting the social, historical and cultural character of different neighbourhoods at ...

This collaboration aims to develop premium, graphene-enhanced industrial safety boots tailored for South-East Asia’s mining sector. Under the agreement, First Graphene will supply approximately 2.5 ...

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Rendering of Primark's future store in The Avenues, Kuwait. Credits: Primark. Budget retailer Primark has confirmed plans to enter the Middle East via a new partnership with retail franchise operator, ...

The current crisis has compounded route complexities already faced by East Asian carriers. Before the war in Ukraine, many Taiwanese flights to Europe traversed Russian skies. However, after Taiwan ...

Campaigners have said the VE Day anniversary marks an opportunity to start work on a “long overdue” memorial for South Asian soldiers who fought alongside British troops during the Second World War.

class and individual levels that influence individual susceptibility to smoking among young never-smokers in South East Asia. Methods: Cross-sectional data from the Global Youth Tobacco Survey ...