by Alessia Donzello / April 14, 2022 ASEAN member states have given varying responses to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, which mostly depends on their relationship with – and dependence on – Russia. In February, ASEAN foreign ministers issued an official… Read More »How ASEAN is Responding to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government successfully raised 70.1 Billion JPY or nearly 29 Billion PHP after venturing into the Samurai market with a multi-tranche offering of 5, 7, 10, and 20 years in the previous month. All four tranches… Read More »PH Government Ventures to Samurai Bonds
As the rest of the world remains to find itself recuperating from the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, a glimmer of hope shines for the future of small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) of ASEAN members. Last March 21, 2022,… Read More »ASEAN SME Academy Towards Pandemic Recovery
China – An Australian academic paper published findings about numerous Chinese doctors killing death row prisoners by removing their hearts even before the inmates had been officially declared dead. International guidelines on organ transplants state that organ removal must not… Read More »Australian Report: Chinese Surgeons Removed Prisoners’ Organs Causing Deaths
Singapore – On Monday, the Singaporean Parliament passed a Bill with numerous changes to the extradition laws, including how to determine if an offence makes someone liable for extradition. The Extradition Act has remained generally unchanged since it was introduced… Read More »Massive Changes to Singapore’s Extradition Laws
Singapore – In recent times, a shift towards decriminalization in the shaping of drug policies has been made in the world. However, there are still some countries in which punishments for drug offenses continue to be dramatically disproportional. In the… Read More »Death Penalty: Unacceptable for Drug-Related Offenses
Academic stress and constant overworking are not new concepts to the world of students. Obogu (2017) stated that this certain kind of stress has an adverse effect on students in terms of physical and psychological health and academic performance. Academic… Read More »Is Stress the Way to Success?
Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, and now Myanmar: Southeast Asia has proclaimed that it will begin welcoming tourists again in April 2022. The Asian Development Bank declared in a report that the pandemic pushed 4.7 million Southeast Asians into extreme poverty in… Read More »Southeast Asia Reopens to Tourism