Philippines hunts for dozens still missing from weekend weather disaster that killed at least 25
More than 80,000 people in the country were forced to shelter in evacuation centres by rains, floods and landslides over…
Timor-Leste’s track back to normality
Author: Rui Graça Feijó, University of Coimbra In the past few years, everyday life in Timor-Leste has been disrupted by…
Revisiting Japan’s comprehensive security strategy
Author: Tomohiko Satake, NIDS Economic security, or keizai anpo, dominates the current Japanese strategic debate. Since 2019, the Japanese government…
Terminating tobacco troubles in Malaysia
Authors: Gan Shiz Yee, Muhamad Hairul Nizam bin Abd Hamid and Farizah Mohd Hairi, University of Malaya Malaysia has implemented…
South Korea ends ban on full-body sex dolls, imports allowed as private matter
South Korean lawmaker Lee Yong-ju, who brought a sex doll, speaks during a parliamentary inspection at the National Assembly in…
Securitising climate policy will keep the Indo-Pacific afloat
Author: Mely Caballero-Anthony, NTU In 2021 the Sixth Assessment Report released by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said…
Nepal’s ‘fierce’ ex-guerilla chief becomes new prime minister
Nepal’s former guerrilla leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal (left), better known by his nom de guerre Prachanda, hands over his documents…
As the United States walks away, Asia can’t give up on the rules based economic order
Author: Editorial Board, ANU For some, a multipolar world is something to cheer for. Yet no balance of global geopolitical…
‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’: Chinese woman accused of being too beautiful to be an Oxford graduate pushes back cyberbullies
The Chinese Oxford University student bullied for her ‘fake degree’ and ‘show-off style’ over viral graduation picture responds to her…
Only Russia’s nuclear arms preventing West from declaring war over Ukraine, Putin ally Medvedev says
In a 4,500- word newspaper article, former president Dmitry Medvedev also says Moscow will pursue its Ukraine operation until the…