Opinion & Features

ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 203: Singapore reserves’ varied climate strategies ; industry urges regional energy coordination

Despite its abundant gold reserves, Laos captures only a fraction of its value due to the absence of a domestic bullion ecosystem.
BRUNCH

Laos wants more control of its gold – by building the bullion market it never had

Disillusionment and uncertainty about the future could explain why more young people in countries such as South Korea are reluctant to start a family.
THE BROAD VIEW

What today’s youth slang reveals about Asia’s fertility crisis

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asserted a need for the Global South to have a bigger influence in shaping international economic and political decisions.

India intensifies its pitch for Global South leadership

It might be tempting to take GovTech’s layoffs as a sign of economic trouble, but its detailed explanation should dispel such attempts at generalisation.
COMMENTARY

GovTech layoffs: ‘No one is safe’ or ‘No one is to blame’?

In the Middle East, the US used AI to screen data so that military leaders can make decisions faster than the conventional command chains.

Why national security – not market forces – will define the US-China AI race

Norway’s team is greeted by crowds in Oslo after a successful World Cup run. A country that doesn’t have a serious sports culture will never have any realistic hope of playing at the World Cup.
COMMENTARY

Singapore playing at the World Cup should be more than just a pipe dream

After England's Jude Bellingham (right) scored the winning goal in the quarter-final against Norway, videos of fans singing Hey Jude trended on social media.
THINKING ALOUD

World Cup’s ‘green flags’ and memes say much about today’s attention economy

Tech companies have marketed data centres as job creators and tax-base boosters, but research on employment impact is mixed.

What America’s fight over AI infrastructure is really about

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s authoritarian rule has strained ties with the US, though US President Donald Trump seems less troubled by it than his predecessors.

The West’s Turkey dilemma