Indonesian female gamers continue to fight stigma and sexism
As Indonesia’s esports sector continues to develop, its female participants continue to be targeted and harassed by fellow players and fans.
Cambodia earns first gold medal at ASEAN Para Games
Although their first ASEAN Para Games, the Cambodian women's basketball team put in a record-setting performance by winning all matches in a clean sweep.
Chess Olympiad: Indian juggernaut rolls on; All 6 teams win their matches
A highlight was Ramesh Babu playing for Team B and wriggling out of an inferior position, which appeared totally lost at one point against Swiss grandmaster, Yannick Pelletier.
‘Living with Covid’: Where the pandemic could go next
These forecasts raise questions about when countries will move out of the emergency phase and into an endemic state, where communities with high vaccination rates see smaller…
Jakarta feels Covid-19 pinch as calls grow to tighten curbs
The capital, currently under the lowest level of the four-tier public activity restrictions, is seeing a concerning increase in new cases fueled by fast-spreading Omicron…
S. Korea’s new Covid-19 cases at 44,689; serious cases hit 2-month high
Figures on August 1 fell sharply from the previous day’s 73,589, mainly due to fewer tests but it is still larger than the 35,860 cases logged a week earlier.
Is the falling yen a cause for concern?
The yen is down to 137 to the dollar, the lowest for 20 years, 16 percent lower than the beginning of the year. Three possible reasons are given for this decline.
Japan rearms and raises alarm
Last year, despite the pandemic related slowdown, the defense spending went up by an impressive 15 per cent, from the previous year.
‘Indo-Pacific’ plan lacks substance
For all the high-sounding rhetoric, the IPEF is not an economic initiative, nor is it open or connected.
G7’s bid to undermine China’s BRI set for failure
It seems that politicians behind the G7 bid are attempting to recast the BRI, an orderly development plan, as a global power grab.