Singapore addresses falling birth rates by increasing immigration, focusing on integrating new citizens while managing ...

Singapore addresses falling birth rates by increasing immigration, focusing on integrating new citizens while managing concerns about social impact. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The new law means Mandarin will become the official languages for purposes such as education and public affairs. According to human rights groups, the move could contribute to the marginaliation of ...

WASHINGTON - The US Trade Representative's office said late on Thursday it had begun a second set of Section 301 unfair trade practices probes of 60 economies, including the Philippines, in relation ...

China has adopted a sweeping ethnic unity law that critics say tightens assimilation and weakens minority rights.

Under a new “ethnic unity” law, Mandarin Chinese must now be the language of teaching. Parents must guide their children to love the Communist Party. Neighborhoods should be mixed.

New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of prehistoric human ancestors.

The growing paleopathological literature shows that scurvy was not a rare problem among people living in the ancient Asia-Pacific tropics. Scurvy is increasingly identified throughout the region, ...

Energy markets face historic disruption as the Strait of Hormuz closure drives Brent crude to $100 with market uncertainty. Read the full analysis here.

China, in the official telling, is composed of 56 separate ethnicities. Parliamentary representatives who are Han, the dominant ethnic group, generally attend in grey and black business attire. But ...

Plainclothes policemen seized P20.7 million worth of shabu from two dealers during an entrapment operation in Barangay ...