The political landscape has been impacted by the rebel group Arakan Army (AA), which has defeated the military junta and ...

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, together with an international team, carried out an ...

KUALA LUMPUR -- Southeast Asia's equity capital markets reached a grim milestone in 2024, as IPO activity plunged to its lowest in nearly a decade, reflecting the headwinds battering global ...

Rising protectionism and economic nationalism in Southeast Asia should be seen as a response to this larger global trend. In both Indonesia and Vietnam, for instance, the rationale for banning ...

2024 was a grim year for conservation and its champions across Southeast Asia, as deforestation surged due to infrastructure, agriculture, logging and mining, threatening critical ecosystems and ...

Byeon Woo Seok, Park Min Young, BLACKPINK's Rose, DAY6, and NCT 127 swept the Daesang categories at the 2024 Asia Artist Awards on December 27. Byeon Woo Seok and Kim Hye Yoon bagged the Best ...

They carved up the Middle East map with the stroke of a pen, and we have lived with the consequences ever since. The San Remo Conference in 1920 codified colonial interests out of the remains of ...

SOUTH-EAST Asia remains a hot spot for global investment, with foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows reaching an all-time high of US$230 billion in 2023, bucking the global trend. Manufacturing, ...

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of nine books, including the award-winning “Water: Asia’s New Battleground.” ...

Artificial intelligence or AI technology can help to protect vulnerable women, give women a voice in male-dominated communities and increase training opportunities in Southeast Asia thanks to ...

Based on the importance of the Mekong region, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has been holding the Mekong-Japan Economic Ministers Meeting since 2009 and has been promoting various ...

Throughout 2024, I felt that the South-east Asia venture capital (VC) sector was experiencing its own version of “hitting the wall”. Many have asked me how bad the market really is, with industry ...