Concerted effort needed to achieve all SDGs in Asia Pacific by 2030 (video)
Rising economic prosperity and poverty reduction may not tell the whole story of progress in…
Costs and concerns as Asean races to deliver COVID-19 testing
As the world reels from the outbreak of COVID-19 Asean nations are scrambling to provide…
ADB lays out $200 million for COVID-19 supply chains
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has stumped up $200 million for companies that make and…
Economic carnage across Asean increases as COVID-19 effect intensifies
Asean governments and central banks are this week fighting against economic free fall as the…
COVID-19: UN chief calls for calm, warns of global recession
The upheaval caused by the coronavirus — COVID-19 — is all around us. And I…
COVID-19: Into the abyss as global recession looms (video)
The declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) represents nothing…
Kacific1 goes live bringing broadband internet to millions in Asia-Pacific
The recently launched Kacific1 communications satellite designed to deliver broadband internet to some 600 million…
Is the South China Sea at a crossroads?
The South China Sea remains a focal concern within the international community, grabbing headlines and…
Science or magic? wild energy drink life hacks to mess with your head (video)
In a world of increasing interconnectivity where ‘Life Hacks’ go viral across the internet within…
Deaths skyrocket while Beijing delays coronavirus hot zone evacuations (video + photo gallery)
Thailand and several other Asean member states continue waiting for approval from Beijing to launch…
Starving Thai students plead for help as Wuhan coronavirus runs wild (video) *updated
A Thai student studying at Wuhan University, China, has posted a desperate plea for help…
Palau bans ‘reef-toxic’ sunscreen as environment gets a hand around Asean (video)
Palau is setting the environmental protection bar high for other countries as it kicks off…
New regulations could see Asean produce piling up on China wharfs
The new year is set to bring a whole bunch of new hurdles for the…
Wolbachia delivers a toxin-free death blow to rocketing dengue rates (video)
As the number of confirmed deaths from dengue in the Philippines this year broke through…
Watch SpaceX launch Kacific1 into orbit to bring internet to mlns in the AP (video)
Singapore-based Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) has announced the successful launch of its Kacific1 communications…
ADB stumps up $50 mln to help Kacific-1 bring internet to billions in AP
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $50 million loan agreement with Singapore-based Kacific…