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Le Luong Minh (L), secretary-general of ASEAN, shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. ©Reuters/Yoshikazu Tsuno Japan, SE Asia in talks to expand currency swap Japan and Southeast Asian countries are in talks over expanding currency swap arrangements to help cushion their economies in financial emergencies, an official said Thursday, ahead of a Japan-ASEAN summit next week.
06 December 2013
Photo courtesy of Twitter/@malaysian_gags 'Banksy' Lego-style crime mural goes viral in Malaysia A street mural that was whitewashed by authorities because it highlighted Malaysia's crime problem has gone viral, with versions popping up across the country and earning their creator comparisons to UK graffiti artist Banksy.
21 November 2013
©Reuters/Office Of Koki-woong Singapore champions sanitation on first World Toilet Day Singapore called Tuesday for greater efforts to improve sanitation in developing countries as it celebrated the inaugural UN World Toilet Day, an initiative by the cleanliness-obsessed island republic.
19 November 2013
Man charged with posting 'Anonymous' symbol on Singapore website Singapore on Tuesday charged a local man with hacking a council website and posting a symbol associated with international hacker group Anonymous, amid concerns about new Internet laws in the city-state.
12 November 2013
Hackers expose Asia's weak cyber defences A rash of website hackings in the Asia-Pacific has exposed weak cyber defences which must be improved to help the region deal with more sophisticated and sinister threats, particularly from criminal organisations, analysts said.
09 November 2013
Taiwan's Economic Affairs Minister Chang Chia-Juch (2nd L) and Foreign Minister David Lin (R). ©Reuters/Pichi Chuang Taiwan signs free trade deal with Singapore Taiwan signed a free trade deal with Singapore on Thursday, its first with a Southeast Asian country, as the diplomatically isolated island steps up efforts to join regional economic blocs.
07 November 2013
China seeks world role for 'people's money' With deals from London to Singapore, China is seeking a greater role for its yuan currency in global markets to challenge the hegemony of the almighty dollar.
06 November 2013
'Anonymous' hack puts Singapore on alert Activist group Anonymous hacked a Singapore newspaper website Friday and threatened wider cyber attacks over Internet freedom.
01 November 2013
World Bank: Singapore, Hong Kong best for business Singapore and Hong Kong rank the world's best places to run a business, while mainland China remains far down the list.
30 October 2013
Newest Indian airline expects to take flight by mid-2014 India's newest planned airline, a joint venture of the Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, expects to win swift regulatory clearance and be able to start flying by mid-next year.
26 October 2013
©Reuters/Gary Cameron Dolphin killings rise in Peru due to Asia shark fin sales Peru has dramatically increased its sales of shark fins to Asia, triggering the slaughter of about 15,000 dolphins a year used as bait.
20 October 2013
Obama's 'missed opportunity' as China flexes muscles Most Asia-Pacific leaders, themselves blooded in political trench warfare, sympathise with US President Barack Obama's unwillingness to desert his Washington fox-hole.
09 October 2013
©Reuters/Bobby Yip Singapore, China giants 'mull Spain gas investment': report Singapore state investment giant Temasek and Chinese oil group Sinopec aim to snap up a multi-billion-euro stake in Spain's Gas Natural.
08 October 2013
Singapore to double capacity of Changi Airport Singapore will build a new terminal that will double the capacity of Changi Airport in a bid to retain its edge as a regional aviation hub.
19 August 2013
Palm oil companies behind Singapore smog: Greenpeace Fires on Indonesia's Sumatra, which have cloaked Singapore in record-breaking smog, are raging on palm oil plantations owned by Indonesian, Malaysian and Singaporean companies.
22 June 2013
Singapore smog in new high, danger to ill and elderly Singapore's smog index hit the critical 400 level on Friday, making it potentially life-threatening to the ill and elderly people, according to a government monitoring site.
21 June 2013
Singapore, Indonesia to hold talks on smog crisis Singapore and Indonesia were scheduled to hold emergency talks Thursday after thick smog from forest fires on Sumatra island reached unprecedented levels in the city-state.
20 June 2013
©REUTERS Singapore fights back against worsening dengue outbreak Singapore is fighting back against a rapidly worsening dengue epidemic by distributing insect repellants to every household and recruiting hundreds of disease control officers.
12 June 2013
Web 'blackout' in Singapore to protest new online rules Over 130 Singaporean bloggers blacked out their homepages Thursday to protest new licencing rules for news websites they say will muzzle freedom of expression.
06 June 2013
US defence chief accuses China of cyber spying US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Saturday accused China of waging cyber espionage against the United States, stepping up pressure on Beijing over the issue ahead of a key summit between their leaders.
01 June 2013
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