Category: International
ALL 379 PEOPLE ON BOARD JAPAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 516 FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION TO LEAVE BELONGINGS BEHIND HELP EVACUATION PROCESS
When Japan Airlines Flight 516 collided with a coast-guard plane upon landing at Haneda Airport in Tokyo earlier this week, some onlookers from the a [...]
MALAYSIA IS THIS YEAR’S MOST VISITED SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRY
Malaysia has become the most-visited country in Southeast Asia in 2023, receiving 26.1 million foreign visitor arrivals between January and November [...]
VIETNAM’S DA NANG AMONG CONDE NAST TRAVELER MAGAZINE’S ‘BEST PLACES TO GO IN ASIA IN 2024’
The Central Vietnamese coastal city of Da Nang, famous for its sandy beaches, has been included in well-known Condé Nast Traveler magazine’s list of [...]
OFW LOUNGE AT MANILA’S NAIA AIRPORT T1 OPENS, T3 LOUNGE SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN JANUARY 2024
The Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Lounge in Terminal 1 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila officially opened on Friday, while anoth [...]
INDONESIAN MINISTER PROPOSES VISA FREE ENTRIES FOR TRAVELLERS FROM 20 COUNTRIES INCLUDING CHINA
Indonesian Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno said in Jakarta recently his ministry is proposing visa free entries for [...]
RIDZMAN ZIDAINE BECOMES FIRST MALAYSIAN TO WALK LOUIS VUITTON RUNWAY
Malaysian model Ridzman Zidaine became the first person from his country to ever walk the runway and open for Louis Vuitton when the 23-year-old mode [...]
FACE MASKS ARE BACK ON AT SOUTHEAST ASIAN AIRPORTS
Singapore and Indonesia have reportedly made face masks mandatory again at their airports, where temperature scanners are also back on, as Covid-19 c [...]
LONG-LOST ENDANGERED EGG-LAYING ATTENBOROUGH’S LONG-BEAKED ECHIDNA SEEN FOR FIRST TIME IN OVER 60 YEARS IN INDONESIA’S CYCLOPS MOUNTAINS IN PAPUA PROVINCE
A video showing a long-lost egg-laying echidna was captured by a 25-person expedition team in the Cyclops Mountains in Indonesia’s Papua Province rec [...]
KALINYAMAT QUEEN, ARCHENEMY OF THE PORTUGUESE IN 16TH CENTURY INDONESIA, DECLARED NATIONAL HERO BY PRESIDENT JOKO WIDODO
Ratna Kencana, best-known as the “Queen of Kalinyamat”, who was one of the archenemies of the Portuguese in Indonesia and the surrounding areas durin [...]
RAFAEL CONSIG APPOINTED TO HEAD PHILIPPINES’ FIRST SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND ‘MAHARLIKA’
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has earlier this month appointed Rafael Consig as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Maharlika [...]