Indonesian President and Malaysian PM will meet on Friday
JAKARTA, Aug 8, 2019, ANTARA. President Joko Widodo’s meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad…
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.
US on track to oust China as Malaysia’s No. 1 investor
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 8, 2019, MalayMail. Chinese firms’ pullback on investments here has opened the…
46 countries sign international mediation treaty named after Singapore
SINGAPORE, Aug 7, 2019, The Straits Times. Forty-six countries signed the Singapore Convention on Mediation…
Indonesia’s Jokowi says he’ll fire officials if they fail to tackle forest blazes
JAKARTA, Aug 6, 2019, Bloomberg. With a surge in forest fires in Indonesia threatening a…
Singapore’s new political party launches as election speculation builds
SINGAPORE, Aug 3, 2019, SCMP. A new opposition party backed by the estranged brother of…
Departure tax imposed from Sept 1 in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2, 2019, MalayMail. Anyone who flies out from Malaysia will have to…
China deploys J-20 stealth fighter ‘to keep tabs on Taiwan’
BEIJING, Jul 28, 2019, SCMP. China’s J-20 stealth fighter has been officially deployed to the…
Singapore does not exploit WTO provisions for developing nations
WASHINGTON D.C., Jul 28, 2019, The Straits Times. US President Donald Trump has taken aim…
Korean ship attacked by pirates near Singapore Strait
BUSAN, Jul 22, 2019, Yonhap. A South Korean freighter was attacked by pirates near the…
Russian-born former Miss Moscow denies Kelantan sultan has divorced her
PETALING JAYA, Jul 22, 2019, FMT. Former Miss Moscow Rihana Oksana Gorbatenko has denied she…
[Analytics] From South Korea to Malaysia, world’s ‘smart cities’ are empty
Across the globe, urban developments conceived by corporations have been pitched as technological and eco-friendly…
Singapore to return US$40m linked to 1MDB scandal
SINGAPORE, Jul 19, 2019, AFP. Singapore is returning almost US$40 million (RM164.4 million) to Malaysia…