By sitting on the sidelines during a moment of global crisis, Indonesian President Joko Widodo falls short, says Bloomberg Opinion's Clara Ferreira Marques.

Now that Japan is finally lifting COVID-19 restrictions on foreign tourists, Singaporeans are properly planning to visit their favourite holiday destination, says travel writer Karen Tee.

Malaysia’s 2023 budget will be tabled in parliament on Oct 7. This will be the last budget to be tabled by the current government before the 15th general election is called. 

Amid questions of Najib Razak serving time in hospital rather than a prison cell, to his active social media presence and loyalists calling for an early election, a jail term is not the end for the Malaysian former prime minister, says ISEAS – Yuso...