Trump to present trophy to winner at Tokyo tournament
TOKYO, May 13, 2019, Kyodo. U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the Summer Grand Sumo…
Month: May 2019
[Analytics] S Korea’s latest big export: Jobless college graduates
Cho Min-kyong boasts an engineering degree from one of South Korea’s top universities, a school…
S. Korea to develop bioinspired military robots for future warfare
SEOUL, May 13, 2019, Yonhap. South Korea will rev up efforts to develop military robots…
Torres Strait islanders take climate change fury to UN
CANBERRA, May 13, 2019, 9News. Torres Strait islanders have gone to the United Nations in…
18-country maritime exercise to conclude at Changi Naval Base on Monday
SINGAPORE, May 13, 2019, The Straits Times. A multilateral maritime security field exercise will conclude…
Vietnam welcomes India’s investment: PM
HANOI, May 13, 2019, NDO/VNA. Vietnam welcomes India’s investment in the fields of information technology,…
[Analytics] The fault in our system: How to fix elections in the Philippines
Among Southeast Asian countries, the Philippines has had the longest history of democratic elections but…
Other countries eager to learn how Malaysia renegotiated ECRL deal with China: FM
KUALA LUMPUR, May 13, 2019, MalayMail. Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said today Malaysia will…
[Analytics] Politicians take to WeChat to woo Chinese-Australian voters
In late March, Australia’s opposition leader Bill Shorten, who is favoured to win the federal…
Pompeo begins his first visit to Russia as US Secretary of State
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON D.C., May 13, 2019, TASS. US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo is arriving in…
[Analytics] Getting richer, getting drunker in Asia
Rising incomes mean that Asians are increasingly likely to get drunk at least once a…
Next Hambantota? Welcome to the Chinese-funded US$1.4 billion Port City Colombo in Sri Lanka
The building of a Hong Kong-style metropolis on reclaimed land in Colombo using US$1.4 billion…