(Nikkei Asia) — Malaysia will be one of the priority recipients of China-made coronavirus vaccines currently under development, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Tuesday during a visit to Kuala Lumpur. “China is willing to work with Malaysia to deepen corporation in Covid-19 response and is willing to provide successfully developed Covid-19 vaccines based on Malaysia’s need,” Wang told Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin in a virtual meeting, because the Malaysian leader is in home...

Abstract Computer-analyzed EEG data and mental functions of the healthy aged (28 survivors and 20 nonsurvivors) were followed for nine years in a study of their relationship with age and longevity. The study revealed that decrease in fast waves occurred from early senescence. The slowing of EEG, the increase in theta waves, and the decrease in alpha frequency became obvious in late senescence, after the late 70s or beyond 80 years. The amount of alpha waves was maintained until the early 80s....

Coins.ph of the Philippines brings financial convenience to the unbanked SINGAPORE -- In the half a decade since he moved to the Philippines, American entrepreneur Ron Hose has built a mobile phone payment business with millions of customers -- a success he hopes to replicate elsewhere in Southeast Asia. Coins.ph has blazed a trail for mobile payments in the Philippines, courting customers left out of the traditional banking system. Hose set up shop there after traveling the region in search...

SINGAPORE -- The situation in the South China Sea, where China has moved aggressively amid conflicting territorial claims, was highlighted as a source of concern in an ASEAN foreign ministers' statement released Tuesday, with Singapore taking a more balanced approach as this year's chair than the Philippines did in 2017. Singapore released the chairman's statement after the foreign ministers' retreat held here. Following the unofficial meeting, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan told...

SINGAPORE -- Southeast Asia's strong exports and consumption, which helped sustain rapid growth throughout the region in 2017, are in a delicate spot as demand for electronic parts falls and interest rate hikes threaten to cool spending. Last year, Vietnam and Thailand enjoyed their highest rates of growth in gross domestic product in the past decade and five years, respectively. Malaysia and Singapore were among the countries that beat the previous year's growth rate. Exports were the...