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Indonesia said it will continue diplomatic talks with Malaysia over the oil-rich blocks in disputed waters instead of pursuing legal action. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/asia-pacific/politics/indonesia-malaysia-disputed-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #indonesia #malaysia #southeastasia #oil #borneo
Japanese students are increasingly looking away from London and New York in favor of places such as Seoul and Taipei when considering their plans to study abroad, due to economic reasons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/japan/japanese-students-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #universities #students #education #taiwan #malaysia #singapore #southkorea
Hiroshima’s annual ceremony for world peace was canceled in 1950 due to the Korean War. Fifty years later, in 2000, land prices across Japan were still struggling to recover from the burst of the asset bubble. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/japan/history/hiroshima-peace-tokyo-floods-land-prices/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #floods #hiroshima #koreanwar #terrorism #malaysia #japaneseredarmy #realestate #japaneseeconomy
Thousands of Malaysians rallied in the nation’s capital over the weekend demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim over alleged unfulfilled promises and recent controversies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/asia-pacific/politics/malaysia-pm-anwar-resign/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #anwaribrahim #malaysia #southeastasia
Malaysia is looking into a report that fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, wanted in connection with the multibillion dollar collapse of 1MDB, a Malaysian wealth fund, is living in China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/asia-pacific/crime-legal/malaysia-1mdb-jho-low-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #malaysia #1mdb #jholow #china
Not every day that the Economist is right: article on Penang, its role in semiconductors, and its obviously superior food
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Malaysia will now require permits for exports of high-performance U.S. artificial intelligence chips, suggesting the government is aiming to clamp down on any possible diversion of it to places like China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/14/tech/malaysia-ai-chip-us-china-smuggling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #malaysia #semiconductors #us #china #ai #nvidia #jensenhuang
China will sign into a Southeast Asian treaty banning nuclear weapons in the region as soon as all documentation is ready, according to Malaysia's foreign minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/10/asia-pacific/politics/malaysia-china-southeast-asia-nuclear-treaty/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #malaysia #china #southeastasia #nuclearweapons #asean
Ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's first Asia trip this week, to attend meetings of Southeast Asian Nations in Malaysia, U.S. President Donald Trump slammed tariffs on the hosts and allies in the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/asia-pacific/politics/rubio-asean-trump-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #marcorubio #malaysia #asean #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #brics
@sbb@c.im
Weird, I never had issues to connect to my #xmpp|d from the #Philippines (also worked well from #Vietnam, #Malaysia, #China and #Taiwan) via standard ports. I only had to use other ports or #Tor in some shitty airport wifis.
@raucao@kosmos.social @debacle@framapiaf.org
@sbb@c.im
Weird, I never had issues to connect to my #xmpp|d from the #Philippines (also worked well from #Vietnam, #Malaysia, #China and #Taiwan) via standard ports. I only had to use other ports or #Tor in some shitty airport wifis.
@raucao@kosmos.social @debacle@framapiaf.org