China’s latest virtual currency notice signals a sharper response to the rapid expansion of US stablecoin regulation, bringing offshore RMB stablecoins and tokens linked to real-world assets under ...

Many scholars have converged on a dual track approach to critical minerals that separates strategy according to green and security-based end uses. Yet this distinction is arbitrary, as materials are ...

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Southeast Asia faces a growing exposure to novel interacting risks that drive inflation and financial instability. Under the Philippines’ leadership as 2026 ASEAN chair, there is an opportunity to ...

President Sadyr Japarov’s sudden dismissal of his long-time political partner, Kamchybek Tashiev, has upended Kyrgyzstan’s balance of power. The duo had led the country since the 2020 Kyrgyz ...

In 2024, Singapore's political landscape saw significant changes as after two decades as prime minister, Lee Hsien Loong handed power to Lawrence Wong. While this transition brought positive change, ...

Malaysia is heading towards a high-stakes general election in late 2026 or early 2027. Anwar Ibrahim’s government is beset by corruption controversies, ethnic political tensions and unease among both ...

Metro Manila has long been notorious for its traffic jams. In 2023, the Philippine capital earned the unenviable distinction of having the world’s longest average travel time — 25.5 minutes just to ...

Rare earth elements are a group of 17 metallic elements that are crucial components in electronics, electric vehicles, renewable energy technologies and semiconductors. But resources are concentrated ...

Political protest has always propelled South Korea’s democratisation. It was through the mass uprising in April 1960 that South Koreans ended the autocratic rule of Syngman Rhee. The democracy that ...

A potential consolidation in Indonesia’s digital economy has reignited debate over the country’s regulatory readiness to confront market dominance in the digital age. Singapore-based Grab Holdings ...

In April 2023, the Japanese government approved a new draft amendment to the Special Zones for the Structural Reform Act. The amendment allows corporations to own agricultural land nationally, based ...