Korea sees 50 trillion won tax shortfall
It is the third-straight year for the government's tax revenue evaluation to have missed the mark with a double-digit error rate. The error rate stood at 21.7 percent in 2021 and…
Policy Matters
Constitutional watchdog names 60 persons implicated in serious human rights abuses
With no government initiative to implement its recommendations, the National Human Rights Commission made the list public which includes the names of politicians, and government…
Low-income Hong Kong residents to get govt MPF contribution from ’25
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority have already put in place a mechanism to earmark a certain proportion of government green bonds…
More steps needed to contain inflation durably: IMF official
The new monetary policy included an array of measures to bolster the fight against inflation, including hiking the policy rate by 25 basis points to 8 percent, and cutting the…
After metro rail, Dhaka’s buses should be the next megaproject
Implemented correctly and supplemented with human-scale pedestrian and bicycle facilities, a mass transit ecosystem that consists of buses and metro rail working in tandem could…
Hong Kong’s Article 23 legislation ‘could boost national security education’: Lawmaker
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the completion of the Article 23 legislation will guarantee Hong Kong‘s long-term stability and serve the interests of…
Indonesia’s graft fight stalls as CPI shows no improvement
Indonesia scored 34 in the latest Corruption Perception Index, with surveyors arguing that efforts to weaken justice systems were the main cause behind the stagnant fight against…
Marcos admits people’s initiative for Charter change politically exploited
President Marcos, nevertheless, remained firm in his position that the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution must be changed.
Legislators want Shanghai to be more furry-friendly to attract young people
A report from PricewaterhouseCoopers on China's pet industry released in 2022 showed that half of all pet owners were born in the 1990s or later.
Long-sought IDs give trans Indonesians the right to vote
Trans people in many countries are fighting for their gender identity to be recognized on official documents, but trans Indonesians can only change their legal gender if they have…