Indonesia’s China-backed high-speed train sparks concerns of debt trap

Indonesia is starting trial runs for its first high-speed train, which will connect the capital Jakarta to a neighboring city of Bandung, after years of delays and cost overruns plagued the project. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A $7.3 billion high-speed electric rail line between Indonesia’s two biggest cities is set to be launched … Read more

Asia food inflation fears rise as rice prices surge

An undated stock photo of a market stall with piles of many varieties of Vietnamese rice in Ho Chi Minh city grocery. Vietnam is one of the largest exporters of quality rice, Asia’s most important staple food. Bicho_raro | Istock | Getty Images A perfect storm may be brewing in Asia. Rice prices surged to … Read more

A ban ends dog and cat meat trade in Sulawesi

The Tomohon Extreme Market was once a top tourist attraction in the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi — a live animal market filled with everything from fileted pythons to skewered bats and rats. But the market drew international condemnation in 2018 after animal activists shot videos of dogs and cats being brutally beaten and blowtorched … Read more

India have slowly started dominating in Asian Games, CWG: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

New Delhi [India], August 4 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, who won the silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics in shooting (double trap), said that India have started dominating in the big multi-sports events like Asian Games and Commonwealth Games. India’s campaign at the Commonwealth Games 2022 officially ended, with … Read more

Central banks in Asia could soon diverge from the Federal Reserve: Nomura

A food stall in Gwangjang Market in Seoul as South Korea’s central bank is seen to be among the first in the region to cut its benchmark interest rate. Francois Lochon | Gamma-rapho | Getty Images Central banks in Asia could start cutting rates earlier than the Federal Reserve, economists at Nomura predicted. A dovish … Read more

Rapor Kontestan 8 Besar VNL 2023 Putri

Selasa, 11 Juli 2023 – 13:36 WIB Middle blocker Polandia Agnieszka Korneluk saat di penyisihan VNL 2023. Foto: Volleyball World jpnn.com – TEXAS – Persaingan di Volleyball Nations League atau VNL 2023 putri akan berakhir pekan ini. Delapan tim terbaik di fase penyisihan bakal melakoni babak gugur 8 Besar, yang digelar di Arlington, Texas, Amerika … Read more

Japan signed a critical minerals deal with the U.S. — but it’s still losing the global EV race

Sony Honda Mobility CEO Yasuhide Mizuno speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, on Oct. 13, 2022. Sony and Honda’s joint mobility venture unveiled a new EV prototype in January. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan is gearing up to be a larger player in the EV space by signing a critical minerals … Read more

TikTok to invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia, CEO says

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew speaks at the TikTok Southeast Asia Impact Forum in Jakarta on June 15, 2023. Bay Ismoyo | Afp | Getty Images Short video app TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, said on Thursday it would invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia over the next few years, as it doubles down on the … Read more

Blinken to embark on a high-stakes trip to China

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee annual policy summit on June 5, 2023 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to travel to China in the coming weeks for talks, two U.S. officials told NBC News on Tuesday. The … Read more

Stalemate in US-China Ties Appears Likely to Continue Despite Talks

washington – After a series of renewed talks between the U.S. and China leading up to Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s expected visit to Beijing in coming weeks, experts said the two rivals need to come up with a plan to avoid conflict. The talks had been stalled since February over a suspected Chinese spy … Read more