US says it wants a Palestinian state – its actions say otherwise
Spain, Ireland and Norway recognized a Palestinian state in May 2024, bringing the total number of countries that do so to 144. The United States is not one of them.
Opinion asian news
No cheers for Kishida at home this time either
Recently, Japan has made significant headway on cooperation with like-minded countries to counter Chinese hegemonic aspirations in the Western Pacific and to oppose Russo-North Korean strategic alignment.
China’s Third Plenum all about muddling through
Four days of highly anticipated high-level Third Plenum meetings (from July 15 to 18) among Chinese Communist Party leaders ended with a perplexingly vague readout.
Singapore’s financial cybercrime problem is fixable
Singapore has emerged as a highly digitalized market post-pandemic and is widely regarded as an innovation hub in Southeast Asia. Research from Google, Temasek and Bain indicates that ASEAN’s digital economy will surpass S$396 billion (US$300 billion) in gross merchandise value by 2025, with financial services digitalization a primary growth factor.