ASEAN News

ASEAN – In the latest instance of “brownface” in Asia, a Hong Kong television production has sparked outrage over a Filipina character performed by a local actress who darkened her complexion. TVB cast Canadian-Hong Konger Franchesca Wong as a Filipina domestic helper in its series Barrack O’Karma 2, which is a suspense thriller and not about US politics, despite its …

ASEAN – This weekend in Bali, Indonesia, two competitive Philippine sides will compete in the ASEAN Basketball League 3×3 International Champions Cup. This weekend in Bali, Indonesia, two competitive Philippine sides will compete in the ASEAN Basketball League 3×3 International Champions Cup. One of them is Team Platinum Karaoke-Philippines, which will depart within the week for the two-day cagefest, which …

ASEAN – Joko Anwar, the famed Indonesian horror filmmaker behind Pengabdi Setan (Satan’s Slaves) and Perempuan Tanah Jahanam (Impetigore), is preparing to make his Hollywood debut. According to Deadline, he will develop and direct a film adaptation of Charles Beaumont’s famous short tale Fritzchen. The 46-year-old will make his English-language feature debut with the next picture. On his Instagram account, …

ASEAN – Singapore GP Pte Ltd, the event promoter, will begin selling tickets to the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix 2022 on April 13 at 10 a.m. Singapore GP announced that Asia’s greatest racing and entertainment spectacle would return to the Marina Bay Street Circuit from September 30 to October 2 after a two-year absence. Singapore GP announced recently on …

ASEAN – A person wanted by the police and the Central Narcotics Bureau crashed his way into Singapore through automated motorbike clearing lanes at Tuas Checkpoint early yesterday, injuring an Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) official (April 8). The Singaporean, whose identity and age were withheld by ICA, was driving a Malaysian-registered vehicle. At around 2.15 a.m., he eluded clearance …

ASEAN – Three passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH2664 last Sunday (April 3) want the airline and the Malaysian Civil Aviation Authority to perform an open investigation into the plane’s emergency situation. Abdul Rahim Awang Nong, 48, Halimah Nasoha, 39, and Chui Ka Wai, 48, (HE), who each filed a separate police complaint yesterday on the incident, also want …

ASEAN – An Australian man was sentenced to five and a half years in jail on Friday by a Singapore court for murdering an elderly Singaporean man and injuring his wife with a hurled wine bottle, which the judge described as an act of religious hate against Muslims. Andrew Gosling was convicted of  causing death and grave harm by a hasty …

ASEAN – Nadiem Makarim, Indonesia’s minister of education, culture, research, and technology, has rejected Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s request that Bahasa Melayu be used as a translator between the two nations and as the official language of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). During Ismail Sabri’s visit to Indonesia, Nadiem stated that he expressed his feelings. …

ASEAN – Datuk Pandelela Rinong Pamg and Nur Dhabitah Sabri, two of the country’s best divers, are scheduled to reprise their partnership in the Hanoi SEA Games in Vietnam from May 12-23. Following Datuk Leong Mun Yee’s retirement in December, the new announcement puts an end to speculation about who will join Pandelela in the women’s 10-meter (m) platform synchronised …

ASEAN – If the DAP wishes to dispel the perception that it is controlled by ethnic Chinese, it must recruit more Malay leaders into the party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC). Former DAP assemblyman Datuk Norhizam Hassan Baktee remarked in a report by Utusan Malaysia there ought to be at least six Malay MPs in the CEC, which is considered as …