Salam Gembira has been slammed by online users as haram, or forbidden in Arabic, even though it was passed uncut with an R21 rating.
President-elect Prabowo Subianto looks to be doubling down on the patronage politics that have long plagued Indonesia.
Asian nations are watching the 2024 US election with trepidation, worried a Trump comeback could upend the geopolitical landscape once more.
Settlement of long-running dispute over town council management suggests ‘legal fatigue’ rather than political mileage, analysts note.
Nguyen Phu Trong, 80, led the Vietnam Communist Party since 2011 and oversaw a high-profile anti-corruption drive that swept through the party, police, armed forces and businesses.
The country’s water crisis could worsen due to huge demand for the resource from data centres and chip manufacturers, analysts say.
Observers say both Asean nations could pave the way for how territorial disputes can be settled in the contested waters.
The accusation comes as some politicians point out that Chinese and Tamil vernacular schools get little funding from the government.
Foreigners who make substantial investments can remain in Indonesia for between five and 10 years.
By signing defence deals and hosting French, Italian military missions, the Philippines is becoming integral for other nations to explore their Indo-Pacific strategies.
A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil capsized and sank off Manila as authorities raced against time to contain the spill.
The two sides reached an apparent agreement, but insiders and analysts suggest tensions could yet flare again despite the talks.
The Singapore-flagged tanker Hafnia Nile and the Sao Tome and Principe-flagged tanker Ceres I collided and caught fire on July 19.
Communications chief Fahmi Fadzil says while Meta’s platforms have the highest compliance rate, X is ‘last in class’ at just 25 per cent.
Morena Hui Yan-Yan is also on the run from authorities in Toronto, Canada, where she has been wanted for alleged fraud and other property offences since 2019
Since territorial hostilities between China and the Philippines surged, Manila has taken steps to forge new security alliances with a number of Asian and Western countries.
Haz, who served under President Megawati Soekarnoputri, died at a hospital in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Gaemi, known locally as Carina, was forecast to reach its peak intensity before making landfall over Taiwan later on Wednesday.
Alice Guo’s case has exposed a number of systemic vulnerabilities to foreign actors in the country’s legal and administrative systems, observers warn.
More than 50 Malaysians opted to stay in the country due to work or study, officials said.
Analysts say authorities should relook public housing measures and issue may influence vote patterns in Singapore’s next general election.