Original editorial digests of the region's most significant mediation developments — legislation, institutions, courts and cross-border practice — each linked to its original source.
Seven months after opening its doors, the world's first intergovernmental mediation body announced its first resolved international commercial case — a charterparty chain dispute — before delegates from more than 60 jurisdictions.
As SIMC trainers ran an accreditation program for judges at the Federal Judicial Academy, the Chief Justice of Pakistan discussed ADR reform and backlog reduction with the visiting delegation.
Phnom Penh has initiated compulsory conciliation with Thailand under UNCLOS Annex V over the gas-rich Overlapping Claims Area — a rare real-world test of treaty-based facilitated settlement between states.
VIAC and the Vietnam Lawyers' Association staged a five-day, two-city program under the theme 'Arbitration & ADR: Embracing New Heights', with mediation on the main stage.
The Seoul High Court has scheduled an additional mediation session in the Chey Tae-won–Roh Soh-yeong asset division case, after the Supreme Court overturned a 1.38-trillion-won award.
From school peer mediation to water-leakage disputes, the Department of Justice's annual week showcased a city building mediation into everyday life — and finished with IOMed's global summit.
A special Lok Adalat at the Supreme Court this August will cap a country-wide push to resolve pending cases by consent — the boldest judicial embrace of amicable settlement since the Mediation Act 2023.
Singapore's international mediation centre ran its first-ever Central Asian program in Uzbekistan, extending a certification circuit that already spans Tokyo, Delhi and Guangzhou.
Nineteen professionals from firms including Nishimura & Asahi and Baker McKenzie earned Specialist Mediator certification in Tokyo, reinforcing the Japan–Singapore mediation corridor.
The Gulf state's accession — effective September 10, 2026 — extends the treaty's reach along the Asia–Middle East trade corridors and keeps ratification momentum building.
At the Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting in Fiji, Law Minister Edwin Tong urged member states to ratify the Singapore Convention — calling it 'an anchor in the storm' for cross-border commerce.
The Dewan Rakyat has approved the International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation Act, clearing the domestic path for Malaysia to ratify the treaty it signed in 2019.
With SIMC running specialist workshops in Delhi and the American Bar Association calling the Act 'transformative', India's mediation ecosystem is maturing fast — cross-border enforcement gap and all.
A 33-article State Council decree — effective May 1, 2026 — gives commercial mediation a nationwide legal framework for the first time, and explicitly backs the growth of internationally competitive Chinese mediation institutions.
IOMed was inaugurated at the converted Old Wan Chai Police Station with 37 signatory states, and elected former Justice Secretary Teresa Cheng as its first Secretary-General.