Rohingya Crisis: Where are we now
Over a year after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh, no end is in sight for the Rohingya crisis. The United Nation’s High…
How many deaths will it take?
An editorial in the Daily Inquirer asks hard questions of Duterte’s drug war. This is the fundamental question of our time. Exactly how many people have been killed in the…
After Kim-Trump summit, concrete actions needed.
The summit is over and done, now comes the hard part. With the summit now consigned to history books, leaders from across the globe are now looking to the President of the United…
Joint effort needed to combat climate change
ASEM calls for joint efforts by Asia, Europe to combat climate change. Vietnam wants to enhance co-operation with the international community to promote renewable energy, invest…
Illusion of Security From Singapore
The world has a ninth nuclear state; Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump set no schedule for denuclearization or verification. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un returned home to a hero’s…
Thai education flounders despite massive investment
Despite pouring millions of dollars into its education system, Thailand’s test scores lag far behind its neighbours. Thailand’s revolving cadre of politicians have long-cited…
Malaysia’s most powerful Islamic body faces scrutiny
Malaysia’s new government intends to rein in the country’s most powerful Islamic agency and its huge financial budget. The move to review and reform the work of the…
Editorial round up on Trump-Kim meeting
A look at Asian editorials ahead of the Trump-Kim meeting from our partner papers. Ahead of the Trump-Kim summit, editorials from our various ANN partners have expressed a…
Trump-Kim summit a watershed moment in geopolitics of East Asia
Whether successful or not, the US-North Korea summit will shape trajectory of inter-Korean relations and US-China rivalry. With North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un and US President…
A war the world must win
The fight for the 21st century is not a fight against extremism, poverty or paradigms but a fight against plastic. Kathmandu alone uses around 4,700,000 to 4,800,000 plastic bags…