thenewslens_intlflipped into The News Lens InternationalMAP: Southeast Asia's Highways Stretch for Days - The News Lens International EditionThe News Lens 關鍵評論網 - Morley J WestonOn May 28, newly-elected Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad announced that he would cancel a high-speed rail project between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure project that would have cut the train journey between the two cities to 90 minutes, down from the …
thenewslens_intlflipped into The News Lens InternationalNORTH KOREA: Meet Kim's Controversial Right-hand Man - The News Lens International EditionThe News Lens 關鍵評論網 - TIMEBy Charlie Campbell and Stephen Kim He was on both Kim Jong-un’s trips to China. He sat beside the North Korean leader during his meetings with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the DMZ. And he held meetings with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Pyongyang to discuss the stalled U.S.-North …
thenewslens_intlflipped into The News Lens InternationalIndian PM Modi Acts East with Indonesian Strategic Pact - The News Lens International EditionThe News Lens 關鍵評論網 - Sumit KumarIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi sealed a critical new strategic partnership aimed at providing a counterbalance to China during his recently concluded visit to Indonesia. Modi stopped by in Jakarta May 29 on the first leg of a three-nation tour that also includes Malaysia and Singapore and aims …
thenewslens_intlflipped into The News Lens InternationalAmid Domestic Strife, Maldives' Military Takes to International Stage - The News Lens International EditionThe News Lens 關鍵評論網 - Dr. Vasabjit Banerjee and Dr. Prashant Hosur SuhasBy Dr. Vasabjit Banerjee and Dr. Prashant Hosur The recent political crisis in the Indian Ocean island nation of the Maldives has attracted the international community’s attention due to its diplomatic and military-strategic implications for India China, and the Indian Ocean as a whole. While the …
thenewslens_intlflipped into The News Lens InternationalANALYSIS: A Financial Crisis Looms over China - The News Lens International EditionThe News Lens 關鍵評論網 - The InterpreterBy Stephen Joske Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia Philip Lowe’s May 23, 2018 speech highlighting the risks to the Chinese financial system from shadow banks – non-bank financial institutions often operating in more lightly regulated wholesale markets – has once again drawn attention to the …
thenewslens_intlflipped into The News Lens InternationalSoutheast Asia's Road Building Spree Splinters Ecosystems - The News Lens International EditionThe News Lens 關鍵評論網 - MongabayBy Mike Gaworecki Southeast Asia is a global biodiversity hotspot, and Indonesia and Malaysia are no exception, harboring some of the highest levels of species diversity in the world. Yet those two countries also supply more than 80 percent of the world’s palm oil, and it’s widely acknowledged that …
