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The International Olympic Committee has apologised Saturday for the gaffe.

The issue of vernacular schools’ funding in Malaysia has come under scrutiny after a fundraiser concert by beer brand Tiger was slammed by opposition party PAS.

Members of the team include Rizki Juniansyah, gold medallist at this year’s weightlifting world cup.

While the resolution document of China’s third plenum was long on commitments but short on specifics, analysts have singled out the mention of a 2029 deadline as a hint that Mr Xi could be looking to stay in power beyond 2027.

A psychiatrist at Surabaya’s Menur Mental Hospital says that those brought to the hospital for their addiction exhibited angry and antisocial behaviours. 

The coast guard has set a target of seven days to offload the cargo and prevent what might become the worst oil spill in Philippine history.

Just this year alone up until June, 11,221 officers and personnel were inspected, with 689 individuals detected for various misconducts.

Firms told CNA they have overcome initial concerns over the proposed special economic zone, but competing with Singapore for technical and skilled workers still poses a potential challenge.   

Sports fans in China will be able to catch the opening ceremony of the Games and select sports in cinemas across the country. But local media reports suggest muted demand so far.

To facilitate the move to Nusantara, the presidential secretariat is preparing all the necessary furniture for the presidential office.  

By signing defence deals and hosting French, Italian military missions, Manila has become integral to many nations’ Indo-Pacific strategies.

Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaing has vowed to hold polls next year, raising many questions on the possibility of elections amid ongoing violence, whether they will be fair and how they will shape the crisis that has dragged on for years.  

In a 93-page judgment delivered over three hours, Court of Appeal judge Hadhariah Syed Ismail said that Mr Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain’s case represents one of the most extreme forms of cruelty.

Bangladesh has a rich history of student activism, but the odds are stacked against student protesters this time, says a professor from the University of Essex.

Owned by Bytedance, Douyin is hugely popular in China with around 755 million monthly active users. Its latest clampdown is in line with an ongoing government campaign to clean up national cyberspace.

The judges found that the six former students of Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) had taken turns pressing a steam iron on the body of the victim, Mr Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain, seven years ago.

The total investment into the country’s special economic zones was US12.9 billion by the first half of 2024, with plans to inaugurate four more SEZs worth an additional US$9.9 billion. 

Rising demand for vinyl records led to the setting up of Indonesia’s first vinyl-pressing plant in nearly 50 years last year.

The violence in Bangladesh had sparked concern in Malaysia, which has 139 students studying in the South Asian nation.

United States’ top diplomat Antony Blinken kicks off an 11-day tour of Asia on Wednesday. He will visit Vietnam, Laos, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore and Mongolia, and could meet with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi at ASEAN-related meetings.

The newly-released national guidelines centre on prevention, as Chinese authorities try to beat the bulge by not letting it come to pass at all.

Mr Anies and Mr Ahok faced off against each other in the last gubernatorial contest for Indonesia’s capital city in 2017.

The girl was found on Tuesday morning in Batang Kali, Selangor, after being separated from her family at a mall on Jul 20. 

The girl was found on Tuesday morning in Batang Kali, Selangor, after being separated from her family at a mall on Jul 20. 

In a now-deleted social media post, team nutritionist Yu Liang claimed each athlete was tested an average of five to seven times since arriving in France for the Games. The incident has sparked outrage online in China.

Both sides have to be aware of potential difficulties and pitfalls, and also stay alert to “the tremendous dividends provided we can navigate around the problems and work together”, says Singapore Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong on his first official overseas visit after stepping down as prime minister.

CNA looks at how the Indian government’s first fiscal budget since the general election could help the country’s middle class and business community.

China is aiming for a "clear division" of central-local responsibilities and coordinated finances, according to the full text of its third plenum decisions. The four-day reform-focused party meeting wrapped up last week.

State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir said that Whoosh has contributed 86.5 trillion rupiah to the gross domestic product (GDP) of Jakarta and West Java between 2019 and 2023.  

The expansion was in preparation for Malaysia’s chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next year, among others.

The girl – who was identified as Albertine Leo Jia Hui – was separated from her family at a shopping centre in Johor’s Iskandar Puteri. 

The collision happened within Singapore’s maritime search and rescue region, about 55km northeast of Pedra Branca.

Prapiroon and Gaemi are due to make landfall in China.

The latest batch of balloons comes three days after Seoul announced it had resumed loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts directed at North Korea.

Microsoft estimated that 8.5 million Windows devices were affected. 

Blackpink singer Lisa's new music video is a far cry from the internationally recognised Thai iconography of silks and lotus flowers, says a professor from University of Nottingham. 

Beyond the attention on Jemaah Islamiyah’s (JI) dissolution, experts have highlighted an ongoing spread of radical religious ideology in the region.

The family of the TikToker, whose name is Ms Rajeswary Appahu, is also backing the government’s move to strengthen laws against cyberbullying. Based on global statistics, Malaysia was ranked sixth in the world and second in Asia in terms of cyberbullying.

CNA spoke to relatives and friends of makeup artist Tran Dinh Phu, who was among six found dead from suspected poisoning in a luxury Bangkok hotel suite.

A reform-focused meeting of China’s Communist Party Central Committee yielded a communique long on commitments but short on specifics. Indications of Beijing’s economic priorities can already be seen even as a clearer picture is yet to emerge, say analysts.

The rupiah suffered the biggest drop against the US dollar of all emerging Asia currencies the day Mr Thomas Djiwandono, who is currently treasurer of his uncle’s Gerindra party, was appointed.  

Transport Minister Anthony Loke said that the plan for the 350km-long rail network is to award the project to a group majority-owned by Malaysian firms.

Officials in Vietnam have become extremely cautious about signing off on public investment decisions - and foreign investors are taking note, say analysts from Lowy Institute’s Indo-Pacific Development Centre.

In a study published by the city’s Consumer Council, two Chinese bottled water brands -  Nongfu Spring and Ganten - contained dangerous substances that hit the maximum level of European Union quality standards.

Besides the installation ceremony, Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong will also attend a reception for overseas Singaporeans as well as speak at a Kuala Lumpur Business Club dinner event. 

The free lunch programme was the signature election promise of Mr Prabowo’s presidential campaign. However, incoming vice-president Gibran Rakabuming Raka has denied reports that funds allocated for children’s meals could be halved.    

The beleaguered city development has been labelled a “smuggling hub” by local media under its current “duty-free area” status.

While China’s stockpiles are a tightly guarded state secret, analysts CNA spoke to agree that a heightened degree of resource amassing is being carried out, citing recent news reports. The question is - to what end?

While China’s stockpiles are a tightly guarded state secret, analysts CNA spoke to agree that a heightened degree of resource amassing is being carried out, citing recent news reports. The question is - to what end?

Mahathir Mohamad served as prime minister of Malaysia for a second time at the age of 92 from 2018 to 2020.