BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, May 15, 2014: Stronger cooperation between Brunei and South Korea can be conducive in facilitating trade and economy between the two countries. In an exclusive interview with The Brunei Times, Secretary-General of ASEAN-Korea Centre, Chung Hae Moon, commended the strong bi-lateral between Brunei and South Korea. The Secretary-General hopes that the seminar on Effective Utilisation of Ap ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Mar 12, 2014: There has been a 7 per cent drop in the number of Radio Televisyen Brunei (RTB) viewers since the last study was conducted in 2009, the Minister of Energy at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said. There was a drop from 84 per cent of total viewers in 2009 to 77 per cent in 2013, said Yang Berhormat Pehin Datu Singamanteri Kolonel (Rtd) Dato Seri Setia Hj Mohammad Yasmin H ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Mar 7, 2014: Issues and areas of concern which are affecting the people of the Sultanate will be heard and resolved at the 10th Session of the Legislative Council. The meetings usually span two weeks when new and existing issues pertaining to national budget and other relevant national matters are discussed. Steeped in tradition and protocol, the officiating of this year’s session was a ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Mar 6, 2014: Children's online safety has been given a boost with the introduction of the “Child Online Protection Framework” (COP). Hj Yahkup Hj Menudin, CEO of Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI), said the government had undertaken several measures to develop the framework, including recent amendments to legislation to criminalise “sexual ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Feb 20, 2014: Media plays an important part in portraying the upcoming 30th National Day celebration to the whole nation as well as to the other parts of the world, said the Acting Director of Information during the media briefing for the event, yesterday. Mawardi Hj Mohammad, acting director of Information said that photographers should take this opportunity to look for different angle ...

BRUNEI-MUARA, Feb 19, 2014: The Brunei government has renewed its cybersecurity cooperation with Microsoft in the wake of increasing malicious security incidents online. IT Protective Security Services Sdn Bhd (ITPSS) and Microsoft yesterday inked a Security Cooperation Programme (SCP), helping the government to address threats to national security and public safety through collaboration in computer inciden ...

BRUNEI-MUARA, Feb 20, 2014: Only 1,400 seats will be available to the public for the 30th National Day celebration on Sunday, prompting the authorities to launch pre-booking hotlines for the limited tickets. The pre-booking hotlines will open from 8.30am today and close by 4.30pm tomorrow, giving the members of the public a chance to grab complimentary tickets to the celebration at the Hassanal Bolkiah Nati ...

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, Nov 27: The first Borneo Beads Exhibition in Brunei showcases creative beaded handicrafts from around the island of Borneo with also the involvement of some main museums. “Perhaps there are those who will wonder why only beads are on display and no other artefacts. This is because beads are still attracting interest from the moment they were found and are very much in use even now.” This ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Nov 22: Instilling the spirit and skills of entrepreneurship in the heart and mind of students starting from as young as primary school children to secondary school students as well as technical and vocational students is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Education. For the past few years, the Ministry of Education has embarked on various programmes under the 21st Century educati ...

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, Nov 20: The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS) on Tuesday proposed to produce an animated video of traditional Southeast Asian games to be displayed at an Asean culture festival which will be hosted by the Sultanate next year. Brunei Darussalam submitted the proposal to a meeting of the Asean Sub-Committee on Culture, chaired by Norsham Yahya, Director of the Division of Culture ...