Asean needs double-track diplomacy to solve Myanmar crisis
Asean alone will be unable to bring about change but now such realization should make the leaders of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore shift gear and change approach
Island nations fight for survival, seek liability claims against big polluters
Island nations are looking at creative ways, such as liability claims and carbon markets, at United Nations climate talks to generate the cash needed
Kishida-Biden Summit likely this month
Tokyo wants to hold the bilateral meeting as soon as possible ahead of an extraordinary Diet session where the draft budget will be presented
World’s biggest supplier of nurses set to face shortage as several flee
Many Filipino nurses are leaving and seeking employment overseas to earn 10 times more than their earnings in their home country
Indonesia mulls ‘vaccine lane’ to further bypass quarantine restrictions
During a regional summit last week, Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto said six Asean countries were working together in subregional groups to set up the VTL
Kishida set to tap Hayashi for Japan’s foreign minister post
Hayashi succeeds former Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi who is now Liberal Democratic Party secretary general
China’s Communist Party to review achievements at sixth plenary
The CPC Central Committee will hold its sixth plenary session in Beijing from Nov 8 to 11, at which a key resolution on major historical experiences will be reviewed
Presidential race begins in earnest
Lee and Yoon need to win over young people and women, resolve allegations
Bengal to develop bio-shield to get protected from cyclonic storms
The natural barrier artificially engineered will be the first of its kind in the country
Viet Nam demands China withdraw ships out of Viet Nam’s Whitsun Reef
Hanoi made the demand last Thursday following reports of the operation of many Chinese vessels at Whitsun Reef