TOP NEWS Vietnam’s national leadership struggle will impact ASEAN The Peshawar bombing is a tragic illustration of the failed policy of suing for peace with a terror group How do LNG subsidies affect public spending?MORE HEADLINES INDO-PACIFIC AND ASIA DawnCanada launches new Indo-Pacific strategy, focus on ‘disruptive’ China The Straits TimesBritish warship deployed to Indo-Pacific region docks in Singapore The Jakarta PostWar In Ukraine will not fray Indo-Pacific strategy The Jakarta PostUkraine: Out of a tiger’s mouth into a crocodile’s mouth The Korea HeraldN. Korea slams AUKUS as US ‘tool for war’ threatening world security The Jakarta PostIndonesia’s strategic defence concept in Indo-Pacific region The StarPM expresses Malaysia’s concern over Aukus at the East Asia summit China DailyAUKUS spurs arms race, puts to test Aussie pledge of nuclear non-proliferation The Jakarta PostIndonesia, Malaysia concerned over AUKUS nuclear submarines plan The StatesmanAUKUS & impact on Japan and India The StatesmanImpending ‘cold war’ will destroy marine life The Jakarta PostAUKUS shows Indonesia must modernize defence The Straits TimesThe Australian submarine surprise China DailyUS nuclear proliferation top threat to the Asia-Pacific The Jakarta PostAUKUS submarine deal a detriment to nuclear commitments The Straits TimesWill Aukus bring chaos or stability to the region? GLOBAL WARMING The Jakarta PostIndonesian, Philippine water experts push for more sustainable dams amid climate change The Jakarta PostCrude palm oil exports to drop further as more palm oil goes to biodiesel: GAPKI The Jakarta PostFunding, research hamper Indonesia’s seaweed potential for biofuel The Jakarta PostEU’s green policy a priority for Asean Philippine Daily InquirerAgri damage caused by floods, rains nears P900 million mark The Phnom Penh PostCambodia authorities warn of approaching cold snap The Japan NewsSnow storm halts transport across Japan, at least one dead The Korea HeraldBitter cold snap continues, heavy snow to follow in Korea China DailyHong Kong Observatory records lowest temperature at 1.3°C in Tai Mo Shan The StarJohor cops to airlift food, supplies to over 1,500 people trapped by rising waters China DailyChinese courts make efforts to improve eco-environmental protection The Yomiuri ShimbunJapan authorities warn of health, traffic dangers amid severe cold spell The Star‘Snuff out the open burning now’: M’sian environmentalists The Korea HeraldSiberian cold wave sweeps South Korea The Phnom Penh PostStung Prek Tnaot River’s banks collapse as houses drop into floodwaters The Straits TimesDavos 2023: Climate change litigation set to grow, says WEF panel NATIONAL AFFAIRS VIEW MORE At least where the menace of terrorism is concerned, the government and opposition need to close ranks and put up a united front. Home News, National Affair Opinion Right, National affairs Opinion, OPINION, The Asian View, Top News How do LNG subsidies affect public spending? ... Home News, National Affair Opinion Right, National affairs Opinion, OPINION, Society Opinion, The Asian View Hunger, food security, and land use ... Economic affairs opinion, Home News, National Affair Opinion Right, National affairs Opinion, OPINION, The Asian View Soaring utility bills ... ECONOMIC AFFAIRS VIEW MORE The government should strengthen support steps to deal with shock from higher utility bills. The government must extend generous support to poor and low-income families through targeted measures to shield them from the negative impact of high inflationary pressure due to high food and fuel prices. REGIONAL AFFAIRS VIEW MORE A politically stable Vietnam is instrumental in maintaining peace and stability in the region. Two years after the Feb 1, 2021 coup in Myanmar, the country is locked in a vicious multi-front war. 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Korea: Indoor masking eased, with hope, confusion China DailyHK set to scrap isolation for people with Covid, tally 3,283 The Daily StarWorld’s first intranasal Covid vaccine launched in Delhi The Jakarta PostNorth Korea locks down capital city over ‘respiratory illness’: Report The Japan NewsJapan to lower Covid-19 classification on May 8 The StarThree years on, the battle is not yet over The Straits TimesChina says Covid-19 deaths, severe cases drop by more than 70% China DailyTourists swarm Macao at Lunar New Year as virus curbs eased The Straits Times413 people get Covid-19 vaccine injury payouts, over $1.8m offered to applicants The Korea HeraldNo mask mandate at South Korea’s schools, airports – but still on buses, trains THOUGHT LEADERSHIP VIEW MORE Becoming one of Europe’s leading weapon suppliers not only boosts the global stature of South Korea’s defence industry, but also has other implications. The decision at first glance seems riddled with conflicts of interest, given that the use of fossil fuels has caused a sharp increase in the amount of carbon emissions. WORTH A READ VIEW MORE To remain relevant and to survive, universities will need to reform themselves to create a new institutional culture that meets the needs of students in 2023 and beyond. 2022 seems to have indicated that the spiritual lessons learnt from Covid-19 have lost out to the allure and the glitter of a hardcore material world. SOCIETY VIEW MORE Regional development policies based on an integrated planning approach should aim to curtail the negative consequences of urban agglomeration and uneven growth. The government must extend generous support to poor and low-income families through targeted measures to shield them from the negative impact of high inflationary pressure due to high food and fuel prices. MORE HEADLINES Microsoft’s services resume after cloud outage hits users around the world ... 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SPOTLIGHT ON ASIA Philippine Daily InquirerNumbers fall but PH teen pregnancies persist, mirror economic, learning gaps The Jakarta Post‘Ideology of hate’ consuming India, says Gandhi’s great-grandson China DailyChina’s ‘silver’ economy grows with ageing population The Daily StarHumanity was all she believed in: First organ transplantation from brain-dead patient The Straits Times‘Identity politics hinders the compromises essential to working democracies’ The Korea HeraldSuspected North Korean spies reportedly under probe The Daily StarHow dysfunctional marriages affect children The Japan NewsWith eyes on Mars, U.S. scientists test Japan-made robot seal for reducing astronaut stress The Korea HeraldWill hefty tax breaks be Korean chipmakers’ saviour? The Korea Herald‘For unhappy Koreans, starting families is a difficult task’: Population committee chief DawnHow realistic is the forecast that Pakistan will be world’s sixth-largest economy by 2075? The Korea HeraldKorea should treat drug abuse epidemic as it did Covid-19: Minister The Kathmandu PostVulnerable girls, women being trafficked to India by their own relatives, acquaintances The Korea HeraldRecovering South Korean drug users at rehab call for more help The Straits TimesIndian parents using sexual offence law to control teen romance The Korea Herald14 years a miser…to be a home owner in Seoul GO DEEPER WITH ANN Coming Soon ANN Newsletter Sign up here Follow us: