Category: Asia

This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here. KDDI’s cable-laying and repair capacity, Japan’s intervention in the Makino […]

Modern cosmology rests on a simple assumption: if we look on large enough scales, matter should be distributed evenly, with no preferred direction within the […]

While the latest Japan-South Korea defense ministers’ meeting shows an obvious trajectory of rapprochement between the two neighbors, it also exposes certain boundaries in their […]

Singapore’s finance sector may remain one of the region’s most attractive talent hubs, but new research from ACCA suggests employers are facing a workforce increasingly […]

History has a habit of concealing its most consequential turning points inside the mundane. The invention of the shipping container did not announce itself as […]

By: Majid Maqbool The killing and maiming of children globally has increased to alarming levels, particularly in the murderous struggle between Israel and its foes, […]

Japan has earned rising acclaim from U.S. observers as a middle power that complements, rather than threatens, the United States. Yet Japan is not deepening […]

For a quarter of a century, consumer technology was the most dependable disinflationary force in the world economy. Each year, the device in the hand […]

Three months after Myanmar’s civilian opposition and ethnic revolutionary organizations unveiled the Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union — SCEF — […]

The outgoing premier is expected to seek the ruling Democratic Party’s chairship amid mounting friction between the presidential office and the DP. 

Ingredion’s planned acquisition of Tate & Lyle reflects a wider shift in the ingredients industry as companies race to lead reformulation, fibre innovation and food […]

For decades, Bangladesh’s foreign policy operated on a predictable, singular axis. Under the sixteen-year tenure of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Dhaka’s strategic and economic […]

TOKYO – As the yen staggers back to 1986 levels at around 162 to the dollar, the financial Frankenstein Japan began stitching together that same […]

From the National Intelligence Law to two new State Council decrees, China’s official messaging on foreign investment doesn’t match the actual developments on the ground.

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In 2015, Balochistan had power outages lasting 16 to 18 hours daily, according to provincial records at the time, roads that petered out into gravel […]

The official launch of the China-EU Trade and Investment Consultation Mechanism represents one of the most significant developments in China-Europe economic relations in recent years, […]

By: Bintang Agung When Indonesia’s most recognizable tech entrepreneur accepted the job of education minister in the Indonesian government of Joko Widodo in 2019, many […]

Before granting Uzbekistan Permanent Normal Trade Relations, Washington needs to use the leverage it has to push Tashkent toward accountability. 

Elon Musk, briefly the world’s first trillionaire – but now a mere billionaire again – is a man of exceptions. He’s built not one, but […]