Singapore: 900 buyers cancelled flat bookings in 2018

SOME 900 flat buyers in Singapore cancelled their Build-To-Order (BTO) bookings with the government-run Housing Board last year in yet another sign...

US and China must not let the trade war prevent a nuclear-free North Korea

Ľavá a pravá ruka

Vlani vláda prijala opatrenie, ktoré umožnilo lekárskym fakultám prijať na štúdium viac medikov v nádeji, že ich potom aj viac ostane...

How blockchain can save Chinese bike-sharing firms

The fall of China’s bicycle-sharing sector, culminating in the December debacle of industry giant Ofo, is symptomatic of a bigger problem. It...

'Me, three' in Korea

By Jason Lim Shim, Yang and Kim. No, I am not opening up a new law firm in Seoul. These are the surnames of the three "Me, too" victims that made...

Israelis Love Their Army Chiefs

The people won’t give up on the illusion that the prime minister needs to be the military commander that will pick up the phone at 3 A.M

Soothing sounds of ‘waka’ poetry emanate from Imperial Palace

When the New Year’s holiday spirit has finally receded in mid-January and people suddenly find themselves busy again, an annual ceremony called...

Posolstvo z Gdanska

Bežne dostával výhražné maily. Politická motivácia sa však vraj nepotvrdila. Vyšetrovatelia nevylučujú duševné ochorenie. V polovici...

Southeast Asian nations top global rankings for investment, business

SOUTHEAST Asian nations have dominated a list of best places in the world to invest in or do business for 2018, highlighting the attractiveness of...

Singapore is right to question university rankings obsession

As any first year Philosophy undergraduate can tell you, discussion and debate have been the beating heart of university life ever since Plato’s...

Ko si članice Nata grozijo z vojno

Sprašujem se, ali dialektika še deluje. Gospostvo anglofonske ali »angloikonske« kulture, ki se širi po svetu, ustvarja okolje, ki je za...

Comprehensive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership Entered into Force

1 January 2019 marked the third day since the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) came into force....

No room for optimism in all-out US-China trade war

Much is being discussed with regard to the US and China seeking a resolution to the ongoing trade war. With representatives meeting, commentators...

Can Jokowi bring the dynamism Indonesia’s economy so badly needs?

INDONESIA has achieved almost 20 years of continuous economic growth. The country navigated the 2008 global financial crisis with little difficulty...

A hasty peace treaty deal with Russia is wrong way to proceed

The first round of new peace treaty talks with Russia, held on Jan. 14 in Tokyo, did not bode well for Japan. Last year, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...

Putinov problem

Na svoji tradicionalni letni tiskovni konferenci minuli mesec je bil ruski predsednik Vladimir Putin samozavesten in pokroviteljski, razživel pa se...

Brexit likely to be Britain's greatest disaster

Theresa May has earned her defeat in parliament and only has herself to blame. Brexit has developed enormous destructive power. No matter how this...

Amid China’s economic slowdown, window is open for investors

China’s current three-year economic cycle – measured in nominal GDP growth – is coming to an end, and the question is how hard the landing will...

Brussels isn’t blameless as May’s Brexit deal lies in tatters in London

UK Prime Minister Theresa May suffered a devastating defeat on Tuesday on her Brexit withdrawal deal, losing by a massive 432 votes to 202....

Hong Kong gives green light for 9,500 private flats worth $10b

HONG KONG'S government has recently approved an ambitious proposal for a 9,500 private residential development to be erected in a countryside...

Asia must navigate pensions crunch

Mixed messages after US-China trade talks show ‘no progress’

JUST hours after US President Donald Trump said he expects a trade deal to be reached with China soon, America’s top trade negotiator refuted...

Asia needs more than just quotas to get women into parliament

ASIA'S economy in the last half a century has soared from 12 percent of global GDP in the 1960s to 31 percent in 2015. East Asia, in particular,...

China’s soft-power play: what will it take to get it just right?

Judging by 2018, China’s goal of global influence and “winning hearts and minds” remains partially elusive. In the West, numerous events have...

Italian senator sentenced to prison for calling black colleague an ‘orangutan’

Report. ‘I don’t remember word for word what I said,’ says Roberto Calderoli of the neo-fascist governing Lega party. The target of his hate,...

Gillette ad takes blade to fragile male ego

Gillette's latest ad featuring men behaving badly has sparked a furious response from commentators. Men have every reason to be upset, says DW's...

Kenyans will be asking tough questions after the Nairobi attack

For a third January in four years, Kenya has suffered a terrorist attack organised by al-Shabab terror group. The attack on the DusitD2 Hotel in...

The Most Dangerous Thing Trump Could Do Yet, and Its Nightmare Fallout for Israel

Trump pulling the U.S. out of NATO increases Israel's vulnerability just when threats to its security are intensifying. Netanyahu must use all his...

Despite Reassurances, the US Can’t Change the Middle East

The US secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s visit to the Middle East has come at a time when the US politics at both domestic and international levels...

The critical importance of staying connected

The holiday season (from the end of November through the beginning of the new year) is the time for family. Regardless of where they live, many...

May’s humbling offers a glimmer of hope

LONDON - It was both a historic vote and decisive defeat for the government. But while it was called a “meaningful vote,” Parliament’s verdict...

Theresa May: An extinct prime minister and her dead-man-walking government (by George Galloway)

There will now be a special glass case in the political museum for May, who has just suffered – by some distance – the worst defeat for any...

Who burned Sondos and her children?

What was Sondos thinking as she huddled with her three children in their tent and set it on fire? Did the tears of her children not move her?...

Trudeau’s megaphone diplomacy a failure

Canadian Robert Lloyd Schellenberg may wish to have someone other than his prime minister to fight for his life. After the convicted drug smuggler...