Посол Пакистана в России Кази Мохаммад Халилулла. Фото: asianews.

PUTRAJAYA( THE STAR/ ASIANEWS NETWORK)-Malaysia's Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob will table the

PETALING JAYA: Bangladeshi journalist Mahfuz Anam( pic) – the editor and publisher of his country’s largest-selling English daily, The Daily Star – has been elected as Asia News Network’s( ANN) next chairman. The 72-year-old takes over from Warren Fernandez on Jan 1, 2022, for a two-year term. This will be Anam’s second stint as chairman of the alliance; he was first appointed ANN chairman in 2007. Anam was nominated by Fernandez, the editor-in-chief of The Straits Times and the English/ Malay/

SEOUL — With attempts to restart nuclear negotiations with North Korea going nowhere, the president of South Korea is looking anywhere for help as his term heads into its final stretch.... Kim Dae-jung pressed the issue in a subsequent summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.... He would risk being used for Kim’s domestic propaganda gain....