The Price of Prabowo’s Centralization 
Taiwan’s energy vulnerability makes the case for a nuclear rethink 
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The Price of Prabowo’s Centralization
As the central government controls more resources, regional communities suffer …
Singapore police raid iron ore trader Radiant World over fake document claims
Singaporean police raided the local office of iron ore trader Radiant World last week and questioned some of the firm’s employees, according to people familiar…
China’s Akeso says cancer drug beat AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi in phase 3 trial
Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Akeso announced on Wednesday that its immunotherapy drug had outperformed AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi in a head-to-head phase-three trial for biliary tract cancer.
The result…
Hong Kong remains most international city in Asia, widening lead over Singapore
Hong Kong has widened its lead over Singapore as Asia’s most international city, buoyed by gains in innovation and ideas, but still trails in attracting…
Bears and pest control: how Japan is spending its departure tax windfall
Billions of yen from a higher departure tax that Japan plans to use to support tourism are being channelled into projects that critics say offer…
South Korean ex-spy reveals toll of secret missions to North: ‘treated as expendable’
In 1984, Ha Tae-jun, then 24, spotted a notice recruiting for a special unit at the Military Manpower Administration office in central Seoul’s Yongsan district….