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Getting your businesses off the ground is no easy task, especially with the demand for reliable IT systems for day-to-day operations, as well as the importance of protecting your data. Synology NAS is designed to tackle common IT problems faced by many businesses nowadays.  Designed with an […]

Planning a trip to Miri soon? Whether you’re going on a day trip, shopping spree or a much needed vacation why not get a medical check up while you’re there? Located 23 minutes from the Malaysian Custom & Immigration Complex, KPJ Miri Specialist Hospital is a one-stop centre for your […]

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei is preparing to reopen its land and sea borders with Malaysia tomorrow (August 1) after banning non-essential travel for more than two years. Although the country restarted air travel in April, authorities have waited to reopen the land border until it could safely […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday accused China of increased “provocations” against rival claimants in the South China Sea and said its “aggressive and irresponsible behavior’ meant it was only a matter of time before a major incident or accident. Jung Pak, deputy […]

(Reuters) – Myanmar’s ruling military on Tuesday defended its execution of four democracy activists as “justice for the people”, brushing off a deluge of international condemnation including from its closest neighbours. The military, which seized power in a coup last year, announced on […]

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – An American guided-missile destroyer, the USS Higgins, is making a port of call to Brunei this week as part of continued US-Brunei defence diplomacy. The Higgins is a Flight II destroyer with ballistic missile capabilities, and is part of the US Navy’s largest […]

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei has been downgraded to the lowest tier of the US government’s human trafficking assessment, alleging weak efforts to assist migrant workers and combat trafficking. In its annual trafficking report, the State Department said Brunei does not fully meet the minimum […]

Netcom Computer House, the authorised distributor of Dell computers in Brunei, has just unveiled the all-new Inspiron notebook series. During the launch event at Radisson Hotel, Netcom showcased three models — the Dell Inspiron 14 and 16, G15 and XPS 13 Plus. The new line of notebooks is powered […]

BOGOR, Indonesia (Reuters) – East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said on Tuesday during a visit to Indonesia that he hoped to boost trade ties between the countries and seal a decades-long bid by his nation to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) next year. Ramos-Horta met […]

Author: Ngeow Chow Bing, University of Malaya The somewhat awkwardly termed Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) is an ASEAN sub-regional area launched in 1994. The area — which covers Brunei and parts of Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua), […]

Authors: Jayaprakash Murulitharan, University of Cambridge and Matthew Ashfold, University of Nottingham Malaysia The almost annual haze in southern Southeast Asia originates from both natural and anthropogenic forest fires in Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. Forests are cleared for small-scale and […]

Author: Swee Kheng Khor, Kuala Lumpur The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic has not been kind to Southeast Asian countries. The region is experiencing accelerated national-level tragedies played out in accelerated speed. Only three Southeast Asian countries have any semblance of control. Brunei […]

Author: Moez Hayat, Georgetown University The year began well enough for Brunei when the sultanate took up its responsibilities as ASEAN chair. Under the theme of ‘We Care, We Prepare, We Prosper’, Brunei’s agenda focused on tackling COVID-19 in Southeast Asia and charting a post-pandemic […]

Authors: Nadia Azierah Hamdan and William Case, University of Nottingham Malaysia In regime studies, Brunei Darussalam is typically cast as an absolute monarchy, in some renditions the most coercive form of rule. But in practice the Sultanate’s politics remains relatively benign. In coping […]