Asian Legal Review

European pharmaceutical companies will be able to supply their medicines in the UK on the basis of approved batch testing carried out in the EU for at least two years from the point the UK leaves the EU in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit, according to the UK government.

A ban on foreigners buying homes in New Zealand is not enough to solve the problems of affordable housing and homelessness, analysts and campaigners said, as the country became the latest to impose curbs on non-residents buying property.
New Zealand’s parliament last week passed a law to bar many non-resident foreigners from buying existing homes in a bid to curb house price growth and reduce rates of homelessness.
The ban exempts Australians and may also exclude Singapore.
Foreign…

During Malaysia’s 14th General Election the Ceritalah team travelled the country to talk to working Malaysians to understand what ordinary citizens were going through under the previous National Front government (Barisan Nasional, or BN) – and how they felt. As the 100 days of the new Coalition of Hope (Pakatan Harapan, or PH) government drew to a close on August 17, the team followed up with some of the people they met to get a sense of how they’re feeling now.
“Now?…

Rules requiring banks to publically disclose how often they have had to report major operational and security incidents have taken effect in the UK.

Britain and Japan cancelled a plan for a simulated amphibious beach assault near Mount Fuji this week that would have been the first joint drill between their troops in Japan, officials said on Wednesday, as a typhoon approached the Japanese mainland.
Typhoon Cimaron, which is heading north from the western Pacific, is expected to bring strong winds and rain to Japan over the next few days.
Typhoons Soulik and Cimaron approach western Japan bringing high waves, strong winds
Britain and Japan…

Nearly one million Rohingya Muslims marked Eid ul-Adha on Wednesday in the world’s largest refugee camp, almost a year to the day since a brutal military crackdown drove the persecuted minority from Myanmar in huge numbers.
Prayers were offered in makeshift mosques across southern Bangladesh to celebrate the Islamic festival of sacrifice as cows were slaughtered in muddy fields across the sprawling camps.
Rohingya crisis: terrorism may spread beyond Myanmar, Suu Kyi warns
In Kutupalong, a…

The UK government wants to use data science to identify companies with potential to provide their services overseas as part of a new plan to grow the UK’s export market.

A 12-year-old refugee on Nauru who has refused all food and medical treatment for more than 20 days was moved to Australia on Tuesday with his whole family.
M was taken from Nauru by air ambulance with his mother, stepfather and sister. The Australian Border Force initially refused to move M with his family, insisting they be separated, with his stepfather to stay on the island.
However, after M refused to leave without his family, and after several failed attempts to move him, first on…

Work on two of the biggest dams on the Mekong River in Laos is going ahead, despite a promise by the government to halt and review all new projects after a deadly dam disaster in July.
The fatal collapse of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydroelectric dam saw 5 billion cubic litres of water flood the Attapeu region, washing away entire villages, displacing more than 6,000 people and killing at least 35 people. Hundreds are still missing.
In response, Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith ordered a…

The UK government should require prospective IT suppliers to ensure their systems are interoperable, according to a new report by the think tank Reform.