JAKARTA, March 11 — Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupted on Saturday, spewing hot clouds up to seven kilometres, the country's disaster management agency said in a statement.

SINGAPORE, March 10 — Asia-Pacific central governments will continue to borrow heavily this year although new borrowings may decline, according to S&P Global Ratings.

PHILADELPHIA (United States), March 10 — US President Joe Biden took to the perennial battleground state of Pennsylvania on Thursday to lay out his vision for the nation as he presented Americans with his proposal to fund the government for the upcoming fiscal year.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — Total air traffic in January 2023, measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPKs), rose 67 per cent compared to the same month in 2022, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — A moderate earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale was detected in the southern Maluku Sea, Indonesia, at 4.31am today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — The Asian Palm Oil Alliance (APOP), a body of palm oil buyers, want producing countries to make sure they have stable export policies after changes last year caused volatility in the trading of the tropical oil, the head of the group said.

TOKYO, March 6 — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday that his government will uphold a key postwar apology, previously issued by Japan following South Korea provided a solution to a protracted wartime labour row.

SEOUL, March 6 — South Korea and Indonesia on Monday renewed their currency swap arrangement, worth over US$8 billion, designed to help promote trade between the countries and enhance their financial stability, the Bank of Korea (BOK) said, reported Yonhap.

SINGAPORE, March 6 — The US dollar was broadly lower on Monday as investors awaited testimony from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and looked towards a February jobs report at the end of the week that will likely influence how hawkish the US central bank will be.

SEOUL, March 6 — South Korea will halt a World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute process sparked by a complaint against Japan as the two countries discuss Japan's export curbs on high-tech materials to South Korea, the two countries' trade ministries said on Monday.

NURDAGI, Turkiye, March 6 — Tremors still rattle Turkiye's south one month after devastating twin earthquakes, however Havva Arslan, mother of three, finally feels safe in her small but sturdy container home.

WASHINGTON, March 6 — The maker of Toblerone chocolate bars said Sunday that the company will remove images of the famous Matterhorn mountain peak from its packaging.

ATHENS, March 6 — Most French people think tickets for the Paris 2024 Olympics are too expensive, a survey showed Sunday.

BEIJING, March 5 — China set a modest target for economic growth this year of around 5 per cent on Sunday as it kicked off the annual session of its National People's Congress (NPC), which is poised to implement the biggest government shake-up in a decade.

JAKARTA, March 5 — Indonesia's inflation will remain above 5 per cent in the first half of 2023, mainly on high food prices, before falling below 4 per cent in the second half, central bank Governor Perry Warjiyo said on Sunday, warning that the fight to control inflation must continue.

GENEVA, March 4 — A report published by the United Nations on Friday accused Myanmar's military of creating 'a perpetual human rights crisis' in the southeast Asian country and called for an immediate end to violence there.

NEW YORK, March 4 — US prosecutors on Friday (March 3) urged a judge to sentence former Goldman Sachs GS.N banker Roger Ng to 15 years in prison, after he was convicted of helping loot billions of dollars from Malaysia's 1MDB sovereign wealth fund.

MANILA, March 3 — Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said during a visit to the Philippines that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) must prove it is 'relevant' in helping to resolve the crisis in Myanmar.

MANILA, March 3 — Philippine central bank governor Felipe Medalla said on Friday that in the 'worst-case scenario' of inflation rising above nine per cent interest rates might be hiked by 50 basis points.

SEOUL, March 3 — South Korean and Chinese aviation authorities have agreed to gradually increase the number of flights on their bilateral routes to pre-pandemic levels.