Asia

Public service on the new track starts in December Laos plans to conduct the first test on the...

After a steep fall in the number of condominium buyers in Thailand during the various peaks of...

The Philippines slipped seven spots to rank 52 out of 64 countries listed in the 2021 World...

Japan’s industry conglomerate Mitsubishi Corporation will invest in a 600-megawatt wind farm in Laos, the country’s first...

Southeast Asia’s vaccine rollout has officially begun.

Indonesia’s state-owned Indonesia Battery Corporation and South Korean conglomerate LG Group joined forces to build a new...

Headquarters of Taiwan's electronics manufacturer Delta Electronics in Thailand A new wave of relocations and regionalisations of production...

Top Glove, the world’s largest manufacturer of latex gloves, is currently weathering a critical challenge. In late March 2021, the US Customs and Border Protection ordered the seizure of all Top Glove products in the United States, accusing the company of using forced labour and exploiting its workers.

Closed shops in Yangon Bad news for foreign investors who have set a lot of hopes on Myanmar’s...

Citibank's headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand US banking group Citibank on April 15 said that it will exit the...

“You know there was a Harvard University study...

The Banyak Island group in Indonesia's Aceh province will be part of the new resort The United Arab...

Myanmar's currency, the kyat, became Asia’s best performing currency in US dollar terms so far this year....

Laos saw its first expressway, the Vientiane-Vang Vieng Expressway, officially being opened on December 20.

A section of a fence set up by China in the town of Wanding, Yunnan, on its border with Myanmar (Picture:...

Deserted arrival area at Singapore's Changi airport The planned travel corridor – or “travel bubble” – between Singapore...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) encompasses 15 nations. The ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian...

People shopping in the Taesong Department Store in Pyongyang amid Covid-19 (Picture: Yonhap) North Korea has introduced a...