Warships and aircraft ready for first US-ASEAN maritime drills
BANGKOK, Sep 2, 2019, AFP. Eight warships, four aircraft and more than a thousand personnel…
Singapore
Singapore is an economy of 5.6 million people and a founding member of APEC. When the forum was founded in 1989, Singapore’s real GDP was USD 61 billion, while its real per capita GDP was USD 21,000. By 2016, Singapore’s GDP grew fivefold at USD 295 billion, and its per capita GDP more than doubled at USD 53,000.
Modi, leaders of various nations to attend Eastern Economic Forum in Russia
NEW DELHI, Sep 2, 2019, India Today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders of a…
New chapter in banking begins as applications open for digital banks
SINGAPORE, Aug 30, 2019, The Business Times. Ride-hailing firm Grab is “confident” of meeting the…
Singapore extends automated immigration clearance to Japanese, South Korean visitors
SINGAPORE, Aug 28, 2019, Bangkok Post. Japanese and South Koreans can apply to use automated…
Singapore universities pull plug on Hong Kong stints for students on government advice
HONG KONG, Aug 22, 2019, SCMP. Singapore’s education ministry has advised the city state’s six…
Singapore pours $7.2B into underground sewer superhighway
SINGAPORE, Aug 19, 2019, Nikkei Asian Review. The government of Singapore is spending $10 billion…
U.S. ban on Huawei being largely ignored in Southeast Asia
SINGAPORE, Aug 18, 2019, Kyodo. Trade tensions between the United States and China have sent…
Trump turns US Forces Korea into ‘transactional’ army
SEOUL, Aug 16, 2019, The Korea Times. U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) is under attack not…
Hong Kong faces new threat as Chinese companies reconsider IPOs
HONG KONG, Aug 15, 2019, Bloomberg. Several Chinese companies are rethinking fundraising plans in Hong…
[Analytics] Indian economy as an instrument of the eastward expansion
In cooperation with the Far Eastern Federal University India is one of the youngest nations…
[Analytics] Singapore’s Lee family feud gets political
Tan Cheng Bock, a 79-year-old veteran politician and retired medical doctor, believes the ruling People’s…
[Analytics] Singapore slings a trade war antidote
Singapore became the first of 46 countries to sign a new United Nations (UN) treaty…