Asia Pacific Focus

Sri Lanka’s major protest camp is destroyed

Early Friday morning, Sri Lankan security forces dismantled the major anti-government demonstration camp in the city and expelled protestors only… Read More

July 22, 2022

China’s new Fujian aircraft carrier will threaten US hegemony

The maiden voyage of China's largest aircraft carrier, the first of its kind to be entirely domestically planned and constructed,… Read More

July 22, 2022

Shenzhen vows to mobilize all resources to stop COVID-19

Chinese metropolis Shenzhen in the south promised to "mobilise all resources" in its fight against an epidemic of COVID-19, requiring… Read More

July 21, 2022

Singapore passport 2nd most powerful internationally after Japan

Second on a list of the most powerful passports in the world, the Singaporean passport allows visa-free admission to 192… Read More

July 21, 2022

Johor Sultan receives honorary degree from NUS in Singapore

On Wednesday, the National University of Singapore (NUS) conferred an honorary degree on Johor Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar… Read More

July 21, 2022

Joe Biden plans to meet with Xi Jinping and questions Pelosi’s Taiwan trip

Amid simmering tensions over Taiwan and trade, US President Joe Biden wants to meet with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping… Read More

July 21, 2022

Ukraine making China rethink when to invade Taiwan

On Wednesday, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) indicated that China appeared poised to use force in Taiwan,… Read More

July 21, 2022

More than a million women a year seek alternatives to abortion in the Catholic-majority Philippines

As an experienced doctor in the Philippines, Miriam has seen her fair share of high-risk operations and procedures, but she… Read More

July 20, 2022

Filipinos cheer AFF win but focus still on World Cup prep

To begin the AFF Women's Championship, the Philippine women's football team set out to achieve two goals: to make the… Read More

July 19, 2022

Is Japan really ready to let the world back in?

Once Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan eased COVID-19 restrictions, the arrival of Omicron in late November 2021 significantly altered… Read More

July 19, 2022

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