How USAID is helping Indonesia’s vanilla farmers to grow export trade (HD video)
Assistance from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is enabling small-scale spice farmers…
Amnesty International: thanks for the victories, but Myanmar remains a concern (HD video)
To mark its 57th anniversary, the human rights organisation Amnesty International Australia is sharing some…
Drones, robots, and flying machines: the automation of Singapore (video)
Singapore is increasingly turning to robots, drones, and machines to address labour shortages — and…
See all of Asean’s Miss Universe 2018 entrants (HD video)
Internet social media channels have been abuzz this past week as netizens from across the…
Mediation helping manage Laos’ legal case backlog problem
Law courts in many Asian countries are overburdened. A perfect storm of factors including rapid economic…
More stellar growth for Cambodia economy, but reforms needed says IMF
A report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts the Cambodian economy to continue its…
Duterte morphs ‘scrooge’ with festive season fuel excise backflip (video)
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte may be the real-life personification of ‘Judge Dredd’ to many due…
Pragmatic & risk-averse: little change expected under Nguyen Phu Trong (video)
Vietnam’s top leadership positions, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and…
Indonesia backflips on plans to relax some foreign investment caps
Indonesia has nixed part of a recent plan to ease foreign ownership in a bid…
$200mln from ADB to develop Indonesian higher education & skills
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $200 million loan to upgrade four higher…
Aceh Authorities demand prisoners who mounted impromptu ‘haj’ return (video)
One week after 113 inmates at Lambaro prison in Bandeh Aceh decided to mount their…
Putin’s Singapore visit signals continued Russia-Asean interest
Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first-ever state visit to Singapore on November 13, 2018.…
Blowback: Malaysia manufacturers respond to ‘soda tax’ with price rise (video)
While Singapore considers whether to place a tax or even an outright ban on sugary…
Murky: Najib Razak, 1MDB, 100 grand, a couple of feuding prince’s & a dead journalist
Early this week a sizzling string of emails led investigative journalists to uncover the explosive…
Trade war: Focus turns to Thailand to conclude $7 trln RCEP
Six years in the making, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is slated to transform…
Indonesia’s WSMEs: female entrepreneurship without a safety net
Despite the substantial contribution women-led or -owned small and medium enterprises (WSMEs) make to the…