Southeast Asia foreign ministers seek breakthrough in Myanmar conflict and South China Sea dispute
Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, ...
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What South Asian nations expect from Trump
As President Donald Trump's second term gets underway, the contours of his administration's South Asia policy are taking shape: India stands front and center, while other regional countries like ...
DeepSeek disrupts Malaysia’s, Southeast Asia’s data centre dreams amid investment ‘rethink’
Experts warn DeepSeek’s success could lead to a shift in AI development, potentially reducing demand for expensive data ...
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French Carrier Charles de Gaulle Kicks Off La Perouse Exercise in South East Asia
The French Carrier Strike Group is spearheading the French Navy-led multinational biennial exercise La Perouse 25 that began ...
A Chinese actor’s kidnapping reignites fears over travelling to Southeast Asia, and renews concerns over scam centers run by criminal gangs
Users on Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu asked if it was safe to travel to Thailand while a Hong Kong singer-actor ...
Rubio, On First Day, Warns China With Asian Partners
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on his first full day in office Tuesday warned jointly with Japan, India and Australia ...
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Construction job rather than office work? A look at jobless youth in Asia’s biggest nations
Indonesia is not alone, however, in facing such a crisis. Youth unemployment and underemployment in Asia’s most populous nations are at some of their highest levels. In China and India ...
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The slow fight for same-sex marriage in Asia
And Thailand, along with Taiwan and Nepal, is "an outlier" in Asia for having legalised same-sex marriage. "Few other countries in the region are likely to follow suit." From our morning news ...
Asian Economies Can Sustain Growth in 2025 But Tariffs Threaten Balance
A World Bank report last week highlighted that risks to the regional outlook remain tilted to the downside, primarily due to global policy shifts and trade policies in particular. It projected growth ...