APEC community is key to Asia-Pacific’s growth: Indonesia’s minister
JAKARTA, Nov 17, 2020, ANTARA. Indonesian Trade Minister Agus Suparmanto highlighted the significance of building…
Novel coronovirus survives in frozen chicken, fish, pork for three weeks: Singapore study
SINGAPORE, Nov 17, 2020, ST. An ongoing study by local researchers found that the Sars-CoV-2…
Australia shares Japan’s ambition for net zero emissions: PM Scott Morrison
CANBERRA, Nov 17, 2020, AAP/SBS. Australia shares Japan’s commitment to net zero emissions but it’s…
Meteor shower will pass over Australia after midnight
CANBERRA, Nov 17, 2020, News.com.au. In the early hours of tomorrow, the Leonid meteor shower…
Indonesia’s House urges ministry to issue regulation banning whole coconut exports
JAKARTA, Nov 17, 2020, ANTARA. Commission IV of the House of Representatives (DPR) has called…
Indian students contributed $7.6B to US economy last year
WASHINGTON D.C., Nov 17, 2020, PTI. Indian students contributed USD 7.6 billion to the US…
Seoul to extend visas for ethnic Koreans stranded by coronavirus
SEOUL, Nov 17, 2020, Yonhap. Ethnic Koreans of foreign nationality stranded in South Korea due…
S. Korea government and KDB planning merger of Korean Air and Asiana Airlines
SEOUL, Nov 17, 2020, Hankyoreh. The South Korean government and the Korea Development Bank (KDB)…
[Analytics] Thai lawmakers debate demands for constitutional changes
The government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is hoping to defuse protesters’ calls for far-reaching…
US, Japanese astronauts arrive at ISS in SpaceX ship
CAPE CANAVERAL, Nov 17, 2020, Kyodo. The commercially developed SpaceX Crew Dragon ship carrying a…
Major Covid-19 vaccine new trial starts in UK
LONDON, Nov 16, 2020, BBC. A major trial of a vaccine to protect against Covid-19…
[Analytics] China looms as Biden’s biggest foreign policy challenge
As United States President-elect Joe Biden faces an ugly, potentially contested transition, foreign policy may…