Australia joins New Zealand to ratify regional trade pact RCEP
The deal is the world’s largest trade pact, representing about 30 per cent of the global population and gross domestic product
Laotian government eyes earnings from bitcoin mining
The government expects to earn 2,000 billion kip in revenue from bitcoin mining, in a first
Massive shortage of tech talent looms as Asia takes to digitalisation
A 2022 Digital talent Insight report estimates a shortage of 47 million tech talent by 2030 in the Asia Pacific region
Chinese tech firms prepare for metaverse boom
The term is one of the hottest buzzwords for the next phase of the internet, where the virtual world and the physical world are becoming ever more interconnected
Modern Chinese medicine to be Greater Bay Area’s strategic industry
The government will support efforts to build Hong Kong as a testing center for Chinese medicine
Community-run kitchens pop up across the country to serve destitute, jobless in Indonesia
These kitchens have become the only thing a key thing preventing several from starvation, as food became scarce and people lost their livelihood during the pandemic
Close to 2,500 people visit Thailand on first day of reopening
Under Thailand's plan, visitors from 63 countries do not need to serve quarantine
S. Korea grapples with price hikes as inflation growth hits near 10-year high
Consumer prices grew at the fastest clip in almost a decade in October due to last year's low base effect and surging oil prices
Kyoto firm puts genome-edited tiger puffer on the table
Genes in the fish that control appetite are knocked out by the genome-editing technology, boosting their appetite and the speed at which they gain weight
Hainan free trade port to improve Sino-Asean economic ties
Regional connectivity and business ties are set to improve with the growth of the Hainan port, experts believe