China’s waning influence in Southeast Europe
Author: Igor Rogelja, UCL When the Peljesac Bridge in southern Croatia opened on 26 July 2022, it was the second…
Climate solutions will come from those on the front lines of the crisis, not wealthy leaders
A visitor is seen at the new solar power plant of the South African arm of Heineken, at the company’s…
Vietnam places market logic above workers’ rights
Author: Angie Ngọc Tran, California State University Vietnam’s long-overdue 6 per cent regional minimum wage increase came into effect on…
Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India bolsters bilateral ties
Author: Smruti S Pattanaik, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses In 2021, India and Bangladesh celebrated fifty years…
South Korean student charged with killing US college roommate unfit for trial
Purdue University student Ji Min Sha, a 22-year-old cybersecurity major from Seoul, faces one count of murder in the killing…
South Korea’s trade deficit reflects global economic challenges
South Korea posted a trade deficit of US$3.8 billion in September 2022 — higher than experts predicted in a Reuters…
Irish UN peacekeeper killed in south Lebanon
It is the first time a UNIFIL member has died in a violent incident in the country since January 2015;…
BIOHK2022: Hong Kong needs a more integrated and harmonised ecosystem to become a biotech fundraising hub, panellists say
From left, Bin Li of Lake Bleu Capital, Vijay Karwal of AffaMed Therapeutics, Donald Lung, CFO of Antengene and Yinxiang…
Japan–China relations back on track
Author: Shin Kawashima, University of Tokyo At a Japan–China summit on 17 November 2022, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and…
Migrant workers needed to fill critical skill gaps in Indonesia
Authors: Wayne Palmer, Bielefeld University and Nicola Piper, Queen Mary University of London In August 2022, there were 104,230 foreign…