Close to 2500 activists donning pink rallied for gay rights on Saturday in nanny-state Singapore, just one week after the government rescinded an NGO sex education program.

Last weekend a showdown within Singaporean women's rights NGO, Aware, exposed rifts in the typically apathetic society. The outcome was mixed; the old Aware liberal guard was successfully restored, but the NGO's sex education programs were rescinded this week. The issues at hand were homosexuality, which Singapore does not acknowledge ...

With one of the world's largest refueling centers for CNG, and government rebates for greener cars (GVRs), gas supplier Union Energy has pumped $1 million (SGD) into the CNG market. The city-state has more than 500 CNG taxis, and is expected to expand to another 2000 over the next two ...

Asian currencies strengthened this week following an announcement that American banks could stand without government buyout, and optimism about new Chinese and Japanese stimulus packages.

The number of websites being shut down is rising in Southeast Asia, where the Internet had once been considered an instigator of democratic change. Previously democratic countries are curbing Internet activity and repressive states are following China's so-called "Great Firewall" censorship model.

Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) to give unified statement against trade protectionism at a summit next week, and will discuss details of a regional foreign reserve fund pool. Finance ministers in the Asia region are holding bilateral talks in the lead up, showing strategic cooperation to prevent trade protectionism.