WASHINGTON/TAIPEI/KUALA LUMPUR – The letters arrived in waves, laying out the consequences for Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and others for failing to strike a deal in time to avert the elevated tariffs unilaterally announced by …
Emerging economies and developed nations across the Asia-Pacific region are introducing sweeping packaging regulations aimed at reducing plastic waste, improving food safety, and standardising sustainable packaging practices. From India’s new standards for …
As the 14th Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday with thousands of Tibetan Buddhists, there’s already tension over how the next spiritual leader will be selected. Controversially, the Chinese government has suggested it wants more power over who is …
[LONDON/SINGAPORE] Chinese tycoons are turbo-charging Indonesia’s aluminium industry with multi-billion dollar projects that rival the vast bets made on the country’s nickel riches roughly a decade ago, and threaten to shake up the global market for …
KUALA LUMPUR – Asean foreign ministers reaffirmed plans to admit Timor-Leste as the grouping’s 11th member, and pledged to deepen regional economic integration and energy cooperation at talks in Kuala Lumpur on July 9. During the 58th Asean Foreign …
Enmity between Mahathir and current Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who was once jailed on sodomy charges considered by many to be a political conspiracy, continues today. “I think his failures outweigh the positives,” Chin says. Mahathir and then Australian …
It will raise the plant’s capacity by around 60% and support the company’s fast-growing branded consumer business, which has driven 4 straight years of revenue growth [SINGAPORE] Food and beverage company Food Empire intends to invest US$37 million to …
Three brittle brown cylinders rest in Michael Wear's palm, each the length of a finger. These shrivelled and faceless lumps are an unusual but coveted delicacy, containing centuries of seafaring history, and the key, Wear hopes, to reviving an ancient …
From the preface of the 40th anniversary edition of David Robie’s seminal book on the Rainbow Warrior’s last voyage, Helen Clark writes about what the bombing on 10 July 1985 means today. The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour on 10 July …
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