South Korea’s wind bidding roadmap will help enhance the country’s efforts in expanding renewable energy distribution as well as strengthening its supply chain, according to experts in energy project investment. The Offshore Wind Power Competitive Bidding Roadmap was recently announced by South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE).
Hong Kong should approach South Lantau project with purpose
From Bali’s resorts to Beijing’s countryside attractions, other ecotourism sites provide useful templates for developing South Lantau.
Days of the Philippines’ dependence on the US are numbered
Instead of aligning with one superpower against another, the Philippines is bent on enhancing its own strategic agency in world affairs.
UK employers urged to ensure smooth digital immigration status transition
UK employers may benefit from working with their employees with biometric residence permits (BRPs) to ensure a smooth transition to digital immigration status, otherwise known as eVisas, an expert has said.
Japan urged to provide earthquake tips to tourists amid surge in travel cancellations
The call by Japan’s travel industry comes after a 7.1 earthquake off Kyushu triggered fears of a far larger quake in the Nankai Trough.
Thailand races to stop 100 cargo ships with toxic waste from reaching its shores
A US-based non-profit that tracks toxic trade, last week informed Thailand that containers it believes are filled with potentially harmful electric arc furnace dust were heading its way.
Delaying UK APP fraud compensation scheme ‘may be considered prudent’
UK policymakers could consider it “prudent” to defer the implementation of a new fraud compensation scheme to seek to allay the “legitimate concerns” about the scheme that UK payment providers have expressed, an expert has said.
Are Chinese nationals really ‘flocking’ to Malaysia over new visa scheme?
Lack of publicly available data on foreign ownership of properties makes it difficult to estimate Chinese demand, industry players say.
UK litigation funding bill delayed until summer 2025 at the earliest
The UK government will wait for the outcome of an ongoing review of the litigation funding market in England and Wales before deciding whether to reintroduce draft new legislation on litigation funding that fell before the recent UK general election, a government minister has confirmed.
Indonesia’s ‘determined’ Joko Widodo holds first cabinet meeting in future capital
Widodo – who started to work from the future capital several weeks ago – brought dozens of officials to Nusantara for the cabinet meeting, including his successor Prabowo Subianto, who has pledged to continue the project when he takes office in October.