A script change in Singapore’s successor story
Author: Michael Barr, Flinders University Singapore’s biggest news story of 2022 was that Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong finally settled…
Thailand battles worker shortage as it gears up for influx of Chinese tourists
Top-end hotels are offering bonuses to entice back former employees, he said. “A full recovery hinges on arrivals from China,…
Southeast Asia’s tech industry goes from a gallop to a canter
Author: Giulia Ajmone Marsan, ERIA After a couple of years of spectacular growth, tech start-ups and tech giants alike are…
Hong Kong ends 2022 with five listings, ending a tough year with a bang as IPOs trickle back
Executives of three of the five companies that listed for the first time today struck the ceremonial gong at the…
Should Hong Kong schools axe daily Covid tests amid widespread easing of curbs?
“When we relax everything, in one or two months, the herd immunity will become more uniform and cover the previously…
Coronavirus: US screening policy for travellers from China sparks anger, questions on effectiveness
In this file photo taken on December 3, 2021, the flight crew from Air China arrive in hazmat suits in…
Moderate Islam faces an uncertain future in Indonesia
Author: Alexander R Arifianto, RSIS In 2022, two leading moderate Indonesian Islamic figures, Ahmad Syafii Ma’arif and Azyumardi Azra, passed…
Spain decries gender violence surge after pregnant woman killed in front of her children
‘This is not a private issue … we cannot go back to that idea, it is a social tragedy that…
The rot spreads in Thailand’s ruling party
Author: Greg Raymond, ANU For Thailand, 2022 was marked by two critical trends: the revival of the economy and, paradoxically,…
At least 10 killed in Cambodia’s Grand Diamond City hotel-casino fire
Police said around 400 people were believed to be working at the venue in Poipet when the blaze broke out.