APAC in the News (July Edition)
The current state of Singapore Politics What happened: Political scandals seem to have shaken the clean city state of Singapore in July. In July, Singaporean Transport Minister S. Iswaran was arrested in connection with a rare top-level corruption investigation. The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) also arrested Managing Director of Hotel Properties Ong Beng Seng […]
APAC in the News (June Edition)
The Shangri-La Dialogue What happened: The Shangri-La dialogue, one of the most important security and defence conferences in the world took place in Singapore from June 2 to 4. In this summit ministers debate the region’s most pressing security challenges and engage in bilateral talks to come up with better approaches. Over 600 delegates representing […]
APAC in the News (May Edition)
The 49th G7 Summit, Hiroshima, Japan What happened: The 49th G7 Summit took place in Hiroshima, Japan from 19 May to 21 May 2023. Leaders from the G7 countries got together to discuss and coordinate global policy and other transnational issues. The summit culminated with the G7 nations coming together with a unified approach on […]
APAC in the News (April Edition)
G7 Foreign ministers meet in Japan What happened: The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven countries opened a three-day meeting in the central Japanese town of Karuizawa. This meeting is one of a series of meetings being hosted by Japan in the run-up to the Hiroshima Summit in May. The main discussion topics during […]
APAC in the News (February Edition)
Kahramanmaras Earthquake: Türkiye -Syria Earthquake What happened: On 6 February 2023, a devastating earthquake of a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale hit southern and central Türkiye along with northern and western Syria. The epicenter of this earthquake was in the Pazarcık district of Kahramanmaras province. Many aftershocks followed this first earthquake causing catastrophic […]
Key events in APAC for H1
2022 saw a lot of unforeseen events take place such as the war between Russia and Ukraine, changing of governments in Malaysia and Australia, even Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. While we should still expect the unexpected, there are always some elements that can be forecasted for the future. Here are a few major events to […]