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Saving Southeast Asia from illegal fishing

February 22, 2021

Southeast Asia’s oceans are a key source of food and employment for millions of people in the region.

Indonesia goes extra mile to protect livelihoods of local fishery

February 18, 2021

The omnibus law is estimated to generate at least one million new jobs in the fishery industry alone.

Exploited Indonesian seafarers are victims of weak law

February 12, 2021

Indonesian seafarers continued to be the subject of unfair work practice on foreign boats.

Iran releases captured seafarers from South Korean tanker for strategic reason

Captured seafarers from South Korean tanker are pawns in political rivalry

February 10, 2021

Iran released crew members of a South Korean-flagged tanker that was seized near the Strait of Hormuz.

Seafarer killed,15 kidnapped in horrific piracy attack

February 3, 2021

Governments urged to act, or risk more deaths.

Asian fishing ships high on list for slavery

Asian fishing ships suspected of slavery

January 27, 2021

Many Asian-flagged vessels are engaged in forced labor, according to a recent study.

Tracing Southeast Asia’s illicit drug supply chain

January 25, 2021

Southeast Asia’s illicit drug trade has grown to be one of the biggest in the world.

A brewing fentanyl crisis in Southeast Asia

January 18, 2021

The abuse of illicit fentanyl is an emerging threat in Southeast Asia as there are indications of mass production in Myanmar’s Shan State for distribution to the wider region.

Kidnapping rises to record high in Gulf of Guinea, says new report

January 18, 2021

Globally, 135 crew were kidnapped from their vessels in 2020, with the Gulf of Guinea accounting for over 95% of crew numbers kidnapped.

South Korea: The complexity of enforcement against illicit ship-to-ship transfers

January 15, 2021

The South Korean authority is facing a complex problem when dealing with North Korea.

NEWS

Singapore joins ammonia-fueled tanker project

March 1, 2021

Seafarers from MV Christine Oldendorff still stranded after eight months

February 25, 2021

Singapore charges former Shell employees for corruption

February 24, 2021

OPINIONS

A rising China is remaking global politics

Business as usual in Myanmar

China rises in influence on global stage

How China is shaping the world through Hong Kong

China bets big on vaccine diplomacy

China’s illegal fishing is leaving a trail of destruction

The US is not finished with CCP yet

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