The Business Times12d
Temasek-backed Pentagreen, UK’s impact investor commit US$80 million to scale South-east Asia’s clean energy
SINGAPORE] A debt financing platform that has Temasek and HSBC as its founding shareholders, as well as the UK’s development ...
scmp.com12d
As South Korea burns, officials suspect human error to blame for wildfires
Wind-driven wildfires that are among South Korea’s worst ever have ravaged the country’s southern regions, killing at least ...
South Korea police plan to question man suspected of starting wildfire while clearing grass at family grave
The 56-year-old man is suspected of starting at least one of the wildfires that recently devastated the country’s southern ...
CNA12d
In pictures: Devastating scenes as South Korea wildfires rage on
The inferno has destroyed the historic Gounsa Temple and is bearing down on two UNESCO World Heritage sites in Andong city.
South Korea installs platform to monitor Chinese presence in disputed sea
SEOUL: South Korea has set up a "reciprocal" platform in a disputed area of the Yellow Sea, known in Seoul as the West Sea, ...
The Economist25d
How dangerous would Asian security be without America?
AFTER RUSSIA invaded Ukraine in 2022 Kishida Fumio, then Japan’s prime minister, repeated a warning: “Ukraine today could be East Asia tomorrow ... Alliance structures would be hard ...
Foreign Affairs3d
What “the Global South” Really Means
In October 2024, at the most recent BRICS summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the countries of the “global South” ...
Earth.com10d
Who are the Japanese people? DNA study results upend previous beliefs
A new study suggests a far more intricate genetic tapestry is involved in the ultimate ancestry of people in Japan.
Richard Bernstein Dies at 80; Times Correspondent, Critic and Author
He wrote from Europe and Asia, served as a book critic and produced a raft of books, on subjects ranging from the French ...
The Straits Times25d
Grab partners 4 autonomous tech firms to study self-driving vehicles in S-E Asia, including Singapore
SINGAPORE – Grab has signed agreements with four autonomous technology companies to study the potential use of self-driving buses, cars, shuttles and bots in South-east Asia, including in Singapore.
South Korea fires latest: 27 killed and 1,000-year-old Buddhist temples destroyed in biggest wildfire on record
Death toll from South Korea's wildfires rose to 27 today as officials confirmed three more deaths. The fatalities include a pilot whose helicopter crashed during efforts to contain a fire yesterday ...