The Philippines has moved up three spots to tenth place but it isn’t immediately clear whether it’s for something the country can pride itself over. The tenth spot is for countries with the highest ...

It’s worth noting that income disparity and economic success have been themes in the city-state’s development since 1965. Despite a bleak economic outlook at the time of its independence, Singapore ...

Another news report has surfaced highlighting the dangerous town that Sihanoukville – once a sleepy, coastal tourist destination in Cambodia – has become. On Sunday, it was reported that a boy had ...

Reduced cost As it is, solar energy has now become cheaper than gas-generated power thanks to advances in technology. The government of Malaysia opened bids for an estimated RM2 billion (US$477 ...

Power and objectification Gender-based violence including sexual harassment is typically assumed to be driven by desire or lust, but AWAM states that it is all about power and objectification. Sexual ...

As for Putin’s own big lie, it has deceived almost no one outside of Russia, but it may well have incited some of the atrocities that Russia’s poorly trained, ill-informed soldiers have committed in ...

Sam and his family are not alone. Cambodia’s microfinancing sector, which purports to alleviate poverty by offering financial services to people excluded from traditional banking, is under scrutiny as ...

The Yadana gas field in the Andaman Sea provides electricity to Myanmar and Thailand, one of a number of gas projects that Human Rights Watch says make up Naypyidaw's largest source of foreign ...

Aid workers check a shipment of vaccines against the coronavirus sent to Sudan by the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative at the airport in the capital Khartoum, on 11 February, 2022. (AFP Photo) With ...

Instead, we jointly formulated a concrete plan for an equitable, scalable, affordable, and just energy initiative to help Asian countries retire or repurpose half of their coal-fired power plants and ...

This file photo shows a woman (R) adjusting the Philippines flag in Singapore. (AFP Photo) The Indo-Pacific, which has multiple meanings from a country’s international strategic outlook to a wide area ...

This file photo shows Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh taking part in the 39th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit held online on a live video conference in Brunei, in Hanoi.