ASEAN: Startups promote sustainable development
Hanoi- Young entrepreneurs will play a key role in the post Covid-19 socio-economic recovery journey, even accelerating it in the Southeast Asian region, stated a senior UNDP official. The Southeast Asian region has one of the highest young startup rates across the … Continue reading ASEAN: Startups promote sustainable development
Asia−Pacific: Generation Z Consumer Behaviour
New York – Gen Zers (born 1996–2012) are coming of age. By 2025, the group will make up a quarter of the Asia–Pacific (APAC) region’s population—the same as millennials (born 1980–1995). And as Gen Zers mature, they will make and spend … Continue reading Asia−Pacific: Generation Z Consumer Behaviour
Asian leaders determined to fight pandemic
TOKYO – Financial leaders from China, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia vowed to redouble their efforts to help the region recover economically from the novel coronavirus and to defend a multilateral system of trade and investment. “We will remain … Continue reading Asian leaders determined to fight pandemic
Plastic pollution plagues Southeast Asia
Hong Kong – Adam Reza is among those for whom environmental awareness took a back seat to health concerns during Malaysia’s national earlier this year to curb the spread of Covid-19. Despite making a conscious effort to be mindful, he estimates his use … Continue reading Plastic pollution plagues Southeast Asia
Covid 19: Nations in Asia impose new restrictions
SYDNEY/LONDON – Nations in Asia imposed new restrictions on Monday, while an abrupt British quarantine on travellers from Spain threw Europe’s summer reopening into disarray, as the world confronted the prospect of a second wave of COVID-19 infections. In the … Continue reading Covid 19: Nations in Asia impose new restrictions