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Co-op Hot Shots 8 photo competition winners revealed

The winning entries focused on efforts to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic

Singaporean retail co-op opens unmanned convenience store

The store uses an advanced artificial intelligence (AI) system that tracks customers’ actions

Co-ops oppose plans to release Fukushima water into the Pacific

JF Zengyoren president said the federation was 'categorically opposed to the ocean release'

Health co-ops continue to battle against Covid-19

'Our co-op identity commits us to a humanised healthcare approach ... that places people at the…

Meet Ang Hin Kee, chief executive, Singapore National Co-operative Federation

The Covid-19 crisis 'presents opportunities for the co-operative movement to help build a new normal that…

Ideas to boost industrial and service co-operatives in Asia-Pacific

A report from ICA Asia Pacific and Cicopa analyses existing systems and institutional settings around co-operatives…

Malaysian government to support co-ops affected by floods

Co-ops will receive up to up to RM30,000 (£5,449) each

Singapore launches 2021 Co-op Hot Shot Photo competition

In its eighth year, the competition highlights the contribution of co-operatives to building a better world

Obituary: Ungku A. Aziz, leading light of the Malaysian co-op movement

Prof Aziz was president of national sector body Angkasa for nearly 40 years and worked with…

Japan adopts Workers Co-operatives Act

The act provides a legal form for worker co-operatives

Obituary: Kok Kwong Kwek, chair of the Singapore National Cooperative Federation

'We remember him as someone who commanded respect and friendships, across countries and through different age…

Co-operatives step in to help the Philippines recover from typhoons

Local co-operatives and the International Co-operative Alliance for Asia-Pacific have stepped in to support affected co-ops