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Indonesia will not impose tariffs on Malacca Strait shipping, says Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Sugiono stressed that Jakarta remains committed to upholding the freedom of navigation.

More than 200 vessels – including container ships, oil tankers and bulk carriers – transit the Strait of Malacca daily.

‘Our incomes seem to have fallen’: Indian workers struggle with stagnant wages amid rising costs

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China urges further build-up on islands amid territorial disputes

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Why China’s support for Iran has limits

No need to keep right: South Korea to urge people to stand on either side of escalator

As more ASEAN states turn to Russia for fuel, will Moscow boost its influence in the region?

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So near, yet so far: China eyes Taiwanese island as reunification model

But can Beijing win the hearts and minds of Taiwanese beyond Kinmen?

After border clashes with Thailand, Cambodia’s economic time bomb ticks louder

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How to get a billion passengers to fly in India

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Too ‘fatty’: China has a glut of pork but consumers aren’t biting

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4 schoolkids at home, 1 dying phone: Digital poverty is holding back Malaysia’s needy children

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Standing up for freedom of navigation sends right message: UN maritime chief

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Busan’s AI port ambitions: Will it rival Singapore’s Tuas mega port?

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Singapore’s green paradox: Planting trees while losing forest cover

Our hosts try to make sense of conflicting developments in this city state.

Singapore has made considerable tree-planting efforts to cool its urban landscape, but consider how the effectiveness of these measures can be reconciled with the adverse repercussions of deforestation projects.

Solar growth drives global renewables to overtake coal power in 2025, report shows

Nations gather for first-ever conference on fossil fuel exit

Who pays for a climate-ready Singapore? Navigating the multi-billion bill for adaptation efforts

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Indonesia says Russia will supply 150 million barrels of oil as higher prices tighten supply

People queueing at a petrol station in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on April 14. About a fifth of Indonesia’s crude imports come from the Middle East and pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Bangladesh measles crisis deepens as child deaths reach 194

Bangladesh's Prime Minister said the country was receiving assistance from the UN children’s agency, but there was a shortage of testing kits.

Hackers steal $3.2 million from Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry

The money was destined as debt repayment to Australia, Sri Lankan Finance Ministry Secretary Harshana Suriyapperuma told reporters.

China-linked hackers using everyday devices to hide attacks, cyber agencies warn

Global agencies warn China-linked hackers use covert device networks to hide attacks, urging stronger cyber defences.

Druzhba oil flows to Slovakia and Hungary after Ukraine war standoff

FILE PHOTO: The Druzhba oil pipeline between Hungary and Russia is seen at the Hungarian MOL Group's Danube Refinery in Szazhalombatta, Hungary, May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo/File Photo

‘Our incomes seem to have fallen’: Indian workers struggle with stagnant wages amid rising costs

ddworkers - Many of the workers live in underdeveloped neighbourhoods where rents are low such as the one pictured here in Noida.

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Iran takes seized ships to port, countries check on seafarers' safety

A screen capture from a video said to show the seizure of the container ships MSC Francesca and Epaminondas in the Strait of Hormuz, broadcasted on Iranian State TV, and released April 22, 2026, shows soldiers taking part in the operation. IRIB/Handout via REUTERS

At least nine people was killed as gunmen attacked mining site in Pakistan

Lost in translation: Aussie school staircase’s Tagalog slip sparks online snickers

The online news site radar.ph had said the staircase was at the Little India MRT station, but a check by The Straits Times showed it was, in fact, at the Parramata Public School in Sydney, Australia.

Ex-Samsung engineer handed 6-year jail sentence in South Korea over China leak

Those involved in the case were accused of stealing proprietary 18-nanometer dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, process data and equipment designs from Samsung and its suppliers.

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