Nisa Mohd did not send her daughter to boarding school unprepared. Before the now 17-year-old left for Melaka, her mother enrolled her in silat, the Malay martial art, and made one instruction clear: ...

The Hydrographer of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of the National Hydrographic Agency, Rear Admiral Olumide Fadahunsi, has said modern hydrography remains the bedrock of Nigeria’s ...

SEOUL: Starbucks stores across South Korea will shutter for half a day next week for staff to attend a history lesson following a disastrous promotional campaign that evoked a deadly 1980 crackdown, ...

JAKARTA - Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto’s push to introduce French lessons in Indonesian schools was welcomed by some parents but drew criticism from education watchdogs who questioned the ...

Since the Ukraine war began in 2022, Asia has been watching conflict as if enrolled in a study course. We have heard every argument: Nato enlargement, Russian insecurity, Ukrainian sovereignty, ...

Nations seem to accept that they need to boost their defense spending. Several countries traded barbs with China, which again sent a relatively low-level delegation to the event. Ukraine may be far ...

APAC governments must design bankable auctions or risk repeating Europe’s offshore wind delays; signs are positive after an oversubscribed tender in South Korea Outside of China – which targets to ...

For decades, scholars and politicians have marveled at the fact that democracies do not fight one another. “The absence of war between democracies comes as close as anything we have to an empirical ...

The Asia-Pacific was hit hard and quick by the war in Iran and its energy bottlenecks. Scenes of crisis there indicate that problems are multiplying and spreading. By Damien Cave Covering global ...

One of the most striking graphics at UB’s conference on how climate change and contaminants affect access to clean water in Asia was a map of the United States. U.S. counties where higher rates of ...

Japan faces growing strategic risks from its dependence on critical minerals, especially in midstream processing stages dominated by China, which supplies essential inputs for electronics, automotive ...

TOKYO, December 3, 2022 — Keynote speaker Akihisa Shiozaki, member of parliament at the House of Representatives, discusses the importance of solidarity beyond borders to address common challenges, ...