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…
Beijing25: catalysing change for gender equality
Great strides have been taken to empower women and girls in the Asia-Pacific region since…
Health leaders to ramp up battle against microbial resistance & tobacco (video)
Health leaders from 37 countries attending the 70th session of the World Health Organization (WHO)…
Countdown to 2nd India-Asean InnoTech Summit
India might have walked away from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), but that shouldn’t…
Oh dear, Mahathir: Asean Summit bad-boy stands his ground (photo gallery)
We’ll be the first to admit that we don’t really know what is going on…
Indo-Pacific gets an extra $68 mln for transparency as US investment soars
The United States has pledged an additional $68 million for new programmes under the Indo…
‘Final’ round of RCEP talks fail to reach agreement, but it’s not over yet
Trade ministers and negotiators in Thailand for what was scheduled as the final round of…
Quest for the holy grail: Thai foreign minister jets to India as RCEP heads to the wire (video)
As the curtain begins to come down on Thailand’s year as Asean Chair Thailand foreign…
RCEP: not merely another free trade agreement
Asean cooperation arrangements and Apec are important international assets. They contribute significantly to shared prosperity…
Dangerous journeys: UNHCR report details the risks faced by asylum seekers
A United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) report released in Bangkok yesterday (Oct 1)…
ADB report plots Asean’s key indicators over 50 years
For the past 50 years the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been tracking and helping…
Thailand calls on developed countries to act on climate commitments
Thailand Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha has called on developed countries to deliver on their…
Climate strike Asean: youth across the AP demand climate action (photo gallery)
Youth and citizens of one of the world’s most at risk nations, Kiribati (pronounced khi-ra-bus),…
Climate crisis: Asia-Pacific students to lead world into #Climatestrike 2019 — join them (video)
School students from across the world will rally tomorrow (Sept 20) to protest the deplorable…
Asean’s best universities for 2020: Brunei joins Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines
The annual world’s best university rankings from Times Higher Education (THE) has been freshly unveiled…