[Analytics] The cataclysm that created a Korean icon
North Korea has carried out six nuclear tests, but by far the greatest explosion ever…
Analytics
Analytical publications on politics, economics, culture and sports and other topics of the countries of the Asia Pacific region.
[Analytics] Beijing, Moscow upgrade security ties
In the latest sign of Beijing’s and Moscow’s expanding strategic partnership, Russia is assisting China…
[Analytics] Kratom: The ‘herbal heroin’ from Indonesia that has US drug agencies worried
To American and Indonesian narcotics agencies, kratom is a mind-altering drug on a par with…
[Analytics] Time for oil and gas to back Malaysia’s employment
When the International Monetary Fund’s Christine Lagarde spoke at the University of Malaya recently, she…
[Analytics] Going cashless in Myanmar
Around 64 percent of consumers in Southeast Asia are confident of going cashless for a…
[Analytics] How to deliver future of Southeast Asia’s electric vehicles
If there is a region that could use a mobility revolution, it is Southeast Asia….
[Analytics] The Asianized world has arrived
In the 19th century, the world was Europeanized. In the 20th century, it was Americanized….
[Analytics] Singapore to decide what’s fake and what’s real
Five months after it was passed into law, Singapore’s anti-fake news legislation has taken draconian…
[Analytics] When drugs came to town: The Last Voyage of the Pong Su
The hulking cargo ship was floating so close to the Great Ocean Road shoreline that…
[Analytics] Chinese vessels in Philippine waters: Who’s keeping score?
As Chinese vessels of all sorts come and go through Philippine waters, exactly who among…
[Analytics] Hong Kong protests rain on China’s big parade
As China commemorated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic in Beijing,…
[Analytics] Ocean at ‘breaking point’: Pacific angst at latest climate report
For 74-year-old Teaga Esekia, a chief from the Tuvalu island of Vaitupu, the ocean is…