A retiree enjoys the clear waters of Thailand's Andaman Sea, where favorable exchange rates and warm weather year-round make Southeast Asia increasingly popular among retirees seeking an affordable ...

N OW INTO its second week, the American-Israeli war with Iran has all but stopped seaborne oil exports from the Gulf’s big producers. As trading resumed after the weekend the price of Brent crude, the ...

Let me start with Asia’s past successes. Few would dispute that the last quarter century has been Asia’s golden hour. A region that, back in the year 2000, was still shaking off the pain of a ...

April 16 - Asia’s export-dependent economies have been directly in the crosshairs of President Donald Trump’s stop-and-start trade war, highlighting the urgent need for the region to accelerate the ...

President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran has Washington’s Asian allies scrambling to address an energy crisis that could destabilize many of their economies within weeks. And so far ...

The trade world experienced unprecedented upheaval in 2025, but Asia still sees the rules-based trading system as the strongest foundation for its future. Trade is “in the blood” in Asia, and these ...

Some countries lie on more than one continent. These are called transcontinental countries. A transcontinental country has land that stretches across two or more continents. This can happen due to ...

Southeast Asian countries now recognise they may have no choice but to take sides in the Sino-American rivalry, at least in certain sectors, even as they seek to avoid that dilemma, a US congressional ...

Pyongyang is pruning its diplomatic network to concentrate on the partners where sanctions enforcement is weakest and digital evasion infrastructure is already in place.

BANGKOK — U.S. President Donald Trump has announced trade deals with Japan and a handful of other Asian countries that will relieve some pressure on companies and consumers from sharply higher tariffs ...