Indonesia is too important for Asean alone
Hosting the Group of 20 summit, scheduled for October in Bali, will be the most celebrated global moment for Indonesia since its declaration of independence in 1945.
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Evergrande saga: No institution should be too big to fail
When news of Evergrande Group’s difficulties surfaced earlier in the year, analysts suggested that such a default would be China’s Lehman moment.
Is drug policy simply a choice between killing people and sending them to “rehab centers”?
The starting point for elevating the drug discourse is recognising that there is more to drug issues than the drug war
China, Asean should sign South China Sea code of conduct soon
The omission of the South China Sea in public statements is glaring, as it is the one issue that China and the 10-member Asean need to address
Living with Covid-19: Coming to grips with our anger and angst
Around the world, and through the ages, people have reacted in similar ways to a pandemic. So why be so hard on ourselves?
Honourable judge, we respectfully but vehemently beg to differ on the rape ruling
Does a crime of rape lasts only for 72 hours? After that limit does the crime just vanish into thin air?
How is Hong Kong strategising for 2047?
Hong Kong neoliberals made the same three mistakes that Singapore foreign affairs guru Kishore Mahbubani attributed to American elites on recent US-China rivalry
Several questions over Melaka polls
With the Umno president overseas, former PM Najib Tun Razak, who postponed his Singapore trip to visit his daughter, is the de facto leader to lead the party in the state polls
50 years of journalism and the way forward
The writer says there exists fundamental confusion about the role of the media in the minds of the government, the owners, and within the industry itself.
South Korea’s ‘living with COVID-19’ turn
Seoul's big lesson is that it is important for governments to earn trust and cooperation.