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Patrick Winter is the Asia-Pacific area managing partner for EY and co-chair of its Asia-Pacific diversity, equity and inclusiveness steering committee.
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Super Bowl LVIII: Asian-American and Pacific Islanders make their mark in NFL, despite being deemed ‘not right minority’
One might think rookie Nikko Remigio would be fielding all kinds of questions on making it to the Super Bowl in his first pro season. But leading up to Sunday’s game in Las Vegas, his family in the Philippines have asked more about Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.
The Lunar New Year of the Dragon flames colorful festivities across Asian nations and communities
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — With fireworks, feasts and red envelopes stuffed with cash for the kids, numerous Asian nations and overseas communities have welcomed Saturday the Lunar New Year.
Bohan Phoenix explains why Asian rappers owe Black culture and how he chose to work in China
BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese American rapper Bohan Phoenix has straddled both countries in his career. Working with Chinese rappers like the popular Higher Brothers, he has always interspersed English song lyrics with a catchy Chinese chorus.
Singapore builds ChatGPT-alike to better represent Southeast Asian languages, cultures
Like millions worldwide, Southeast Asians have been trying out large language models such as Meta’s Llama 2 and Mistral AI – but in their native Bahasa Indonesia or Thai. The result has usually been gibberish in English.
Singapore ranked 5th least corrupt country in 2023 index, only Asian nation in top 10, Denmark finishes first
Singapore remains the only Asian country to have been placed in the top 10 since the index was first published in 1995. It was third in 2018 and 2020, fourth in 2019 and 2021 and dropped to fifth in 2022 and 2023.
Red Sea shipping crisis sends shock waves through Asian fuel markets: ‘things are getting worse, not better’
“The most recent attack on a laden tanker suggests things are getting worse, and not better,” said Anoop Singh, global head of shipping research at Oil Brokerage Ltd. The diversions have added 3 per cent to demand for clean tankers, which carry refined products, and about 1 per cent to dirty-tanker demand, he said.
South China Sea tensions and Myanmar violence top agenda for Southeast Asian envoys meeting in Laos
LUANG PRABANG, Laos (AP) — China’s growingly assertive posture in the South China Sea and escalating violence in Myanmar topped the agenda for Southeast Asian diplomats meeting in Laos on Monday.