Bloomberg The Philippines said it has enough orders of coronavirus vaccines in the pipeline to reach its goal of inoculating most of its population this year, even as it expects a supply crunch in the first half. The Southeast Asian nation is negotiating for as many as 170 million vaccine doses, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said. A fourth of the ...

Bloomberg Japan incentivising its companies to shift manufacturing facilities out of China and adding Bangladesh to a list of preferred destinations for relocating the factories may give the South Asian nation’s economy a boost. “As the pandemic started in China, Japanese companies needed to diversify” their supply chains further, Naoki Ito, the Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh, said in an interview. ...

Bloomberg Myanmar’s junta again defended its move to oust civilian government in the face of nationwide protests, dismissing the impact of US sanctions while showing no signs of a compromise with demonstrators. Brigadier-General Zaw Min Tun, the lead spokesman for the State Administration Council, said on Tuesday the military’s actions were in line with the 2008 constitution and “not a ...