Tag Archives : Southeast Asia

The anti-terrorist police elite arrested in Indonesia on Monday influential radical Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, for alleged ties to a group accused of planning terrorist attacks against foreigners and the killing of top people. Bashir, 71, has been arrested twice and spent several years in prison. This time, he was arrested in western Java Island [...]

After several postponements, Beyonce’s Kuala Lumpur concert has been finally cancelled. The country asserts that its Muslim rules will be disrespected by the pop singer’s skimpy stage outfits and raunchy stage antics. It’s not the first time that the country figures in global headlines for some controversial stuff. Malaysia has had ‘sodomy [...]

Designer drugs like Ecstasy and crystal meth are on the rise worldwide. On the other hand, the demand for conventional drugs such as cocaine and cannabis decreases. These are some of the conclusions presented in the recently published World Drug Report by the United Nations. Global demand for cocaine, opiates, and cannabis is stagnant or shrinking, [...]

Singapore has one of the highest living standards in the world. Fortune Magazine has rated it as the second best city in the world in terms of quality living. Its favorable location in Southeast Asia makes it a major crossover point between the eastern and western hemispheres. Singapore is also home to half a million foreigners, mostly professionals [...]