North Korea seeks to strengthen power grip among youth
The North has long kept in check of slack in discipline of the younger generation.
Policy Matters
Bill allowing younger Filipino vapers lapses into law
The new law is seen to have wide health and trade implications in the Philippines, where an estimated 16.6 million adult Filipinos use tobacco.
‘Musang King not for forest farm’: Malaysia Energy and Natural Resources Minister
Some villagers had claimed a mammoth durian plantation was behind the floods that destroyed their properties.
Bongbong Marcos team presents 8-point economic agenda
Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno added that the administration would invest heavily in infrastructure, human capital development and the digital economy.
Google, Microsoft registered in Japan as foreign tech firms
The Justice Ministry had requested the registrations in a move to promote measures dealing with online defamation.
Ageing South Korea turns to immigration
Struggling to cope with falling birth rates and an aging population, South Korea is adopting more immigration-friendly policies like citizenship for the highly skilled.
Seoul to turn Yongsan‘s idle land into tech complex, transportation hub
The Seoul city government currently aims to start constructing infrastructure in 2024 and begin the development of the main sector in 2025.
‘Minimum wage is no joke’: Malaysia PM
The RM1,500 minimum wage policy was implemented in Malaysia on May 1.
Debate reopens on South Korea’s 10 year-old supermarket shutdown rules
Under the mandatory shutdown rules, designated to protect mom-and-pop stores nearby from losing sales, supermarkets have closed twice a month for the last 10 years.
Mothers of cerebral palsy children fight for medical marijuana
The legality of medical marijuana remains in limbo but proponents continue to wage their campaign.