Japan, Asean to hold summit in Tokyo around December 2023: Japanese official
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (shown on screen) speaks at a meeting with his counterparts from Asean plus China and…
Taiwan’s hands-on aid approach keeps Haiti close
Author: Tawanda Sachikonye, University of Cape Town Taiwan is widely renowned as one of the world’s most advanced and highly…
Less freedom for Indonesia’s internet
Author: Rainer Heufers, CIPS Indonesian lawmakers have been alarmed by the freedom of data flows and opinions in the quickly…
Filipino troops, rebels forge truce after fighting kills 10, amid peace talks
Clashes erupted on the island province of Basilan, underscoring the fragility of law and order in a region faced with…
Bridging the Afghanistan gap in Pakistan–US relations
Author: Claude Rakisits, ANU Pakistan has been urging the international community, including the United States, to comprehensively engage with the…
Japan’s marriage market needs to break from tradition
Author: Naohiro Yashiro, Showa Women’s University The decline and ageing of the Japanese population over the last 20 years have…
Indonesian air crash that killed 62 – faulty system, poor pilot monitoring contributed, investigators find
Problems with the automatic throttle that controls engine power were reported 65 times since 2013 but were still unresolved before…
Ardern’s global image is misaligned with domestic realities
Author: Lara Greaves, University of Auckland Images in 2018 of New Zealand’s pregnant Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arriving at Buckingham…
Watch-obsessed Cambodian PM Hun Sen to give limited-edition timepieces as Asean summit gifts
A video showed the elaborate inner gears of the watch, engraved with “tourbillon” and “twenty-five (25) jewels” and the name…
Khmer Rouge Tribunal leaves a mixed legacy
Author: Sarah Williams, UNSW On 22 September 2022, the Supreme Court Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of…