Hong Kong has long set the pace with its Octopus Card which seamlessly moves most of its 6 million residents around the territory daily.
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What has Australia done to Nauru?
By Nic Mclellan. Originally posted in Overland, Spring 2013
Remote Pakistan quake victims await help
Officials in Pakistan are continuing to battle multiple challenges as they attempt to provide assistance to survivors of this week’s powerful earthquake.
India tries to stifle social as Malaysia opens arms
Chief ministers from across India are leading calls for the regulation of social media and its internet providers.
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Indonesia’s aim to ensure beef supply
Indonesian government ministers have reiterated their hopes to invest in Australian land to breed beef cattle and ensure supply.
More arrests likely in Australian soccer fixing
Police in the Australian state of Victoria say further arrests of those involved in soccer match fixing are likely.
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Croc emerges as storms swamp Mexico
Floods and landslides have paralysed large parts of Mexico as two massive storms collided over the Latin American nation.
NKorean calls for talks on talks anniversary
China and North Korea have marked the 10-year anniversary of six nation talks on the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.
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Futuristic floating cities pitched to Kiribati
As leaders of Pacific island nations look to all possible means of saving their nations from rising sea levels, a Japanese corporation may have hit upon one possible solution.
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Epitaph for a magazine
2002–Does the closure of Asiaweek, the region’s leading news weekly spell the end of its vision? Since its lightning closure, this is the first time a senior staffer publicly writes about it.
