Jakarta - The latest survey released by ASEAN on Tuesday shows some 75 percent of students and young people in ASEAN nations felt they were citizens of the 10-nation Asian grouping. The survey found nearly 99 percent of students and young Asians felt membership in ASEAN was beneficial to their nations and some 70 percent felt it was... detail... »
Singapore - Singapore has fine-tuned its education system to allow students the freedom to develop diverse talents and aspirations and to be independent thinkers. Singapore‘s Minister of State for Education Lui Tuck Yew said the island state‘s education system was now moving from a highly structured system to a more diverse and flexi... detail... »
Jakarta - The Bentayan Wildlife Reserve covers, on paper, 23,220 hectares. But it is an hour`s drive through the conservation area to the start of the natural forest. Locals have cultivated some of the intervening land, but the majority has been turned into a wasteland by illegal loggers. An occasional tree in this corner of S... detail... »
Zamboanga City - Malaysian truce observers deployed in southern Philippines are threatening to pull out unless peace talks between the Philippines and Muslim rebels resume. The observers belong to the International Monitoring Team (IMT) overseeing the ceasefire between soldiers and insurgents in Mindanao. Maj. Gen. Datuk Mat Y... detail... »
Bandar Seri Begawan - His Majesty the Sultan and Yang DiPertuan of Brunei Darussalam last night lauded the good working relationship built up between Brunei and Myanmar through personal contacts and some extremely useful cooperation with primary focus on health education and technical assistance. His Majesty delivered a ti... detail... »
Manado - Indonesia consists of more than 18,000 islands. Bali, Sumatra and Java are familiar names for many travellers but Sulawesi, formally known as Celebes, is relatively unknown to most tourists. But anyone who makes their way to this island is richly rewarded with unusual sights and experiences and some visitors have even been inv... detail... »
Bandar Seri Begawan - The long awaited Bruneiana Exhibition, showcasing artefacts mostly from the period of 1850 to 1950, was officially launched yesterday at the lobby of Orchid Garden Hotel. Present as the event‘s guest of honour and officiating the ceremony was Dato Paduka Hamdillah Hj Abd Wahab, Deputy Minister of Industry a... detail... »
Kuala Lumpur - Much has been written and shared about Malaysia`s four former prime ministers -- Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, Tun Hussein Onn and Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. However, stories about them as normal human beings who have their own likes and dislikes is something people will crave to know. This is... detail... »
Putrajaya - Another two Malay Studies Chairs will be set up at Indian and South Korean universities this year to promote greater awareness and understanding of Malaysia. Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed said today the University of Madras in Chennai, India,and Hankuk University in South Korea had been chosen for the ... detail... »
Jakarta - Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayuda could only smile politely in front of diplomats from across the world when the newly inaugurated secretary-general of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Surin Pitsuwan, challenged Indonesia to ratify its landmark charter. Right then and there, minutes after his inauguratio... detail... »
South Phillipines - Hopes for lasting peace after decades of violence in the southern Philippines have failed again after Muslim separatists walked away from the signing of a deal with the government. Despite 10 years of talks, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has said it will not sign the agreement because of a dispute over an... detail... »
Bandar Seri Begawan - Brunei Darussalam hosted the 2nd Joint Working Group Meeting between the ministries of education of Brunei Darussalam and Singapore yesterday. The talks took place at the Ministry of Education building in Berakas. The eight-member delegation from the Ministry of Education of Singapore which will be in the cou... detail... »