Economic and geopolitical necessity drives ASEAN countries to stand against isolationism and choose economic openness.

East Asia has led the global economic recovery since 2020, but its current pace continues to lag behind pre-pandemic levels, ...

For much of prehistory, Southeast Asia was not a scattering of islands separated by shallow seas. It was a single, immense landmass—low, fertile, and threaded with rivers—stretching from the Asian ...

By Carolyn CowanGerry Flynn BANGKOK — 2025 saw global conservation plunged into chaos, with an estimated $500 million in ...

In the decades immediately ahead, East Asia will experience perhaps the modern world’s most dramatic demographic shift. All of the region’s main states—China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan—are about ...

While the funding winter persists, the region’s fundamentals and strategic advantages have never been more compelling Read ...

Few parts of the global economy hold more obvious promise than South-East Asia. Multinational firms hoping to move manufacturing away from China are racing to establish supply chains in the region.

“In a troubled world, Asia is the healthiest region right now for higher education and for student mobility,” said sector expert and professor of higher education at the University of Oxford Simon ...

Southeast Asia is expanding from overspill demand, highlighting emerging hubs and the growing need for fiber and subsea ...

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 ...

Spotlight on East Asia, a region steeped in history and now helping to write the future of our world. We'll break down the key stories and explain why they matter.

With nearly 700 million people and rapidly growing economies, Southeast Asia has become a pivotal region in the global geopolitical landscape. The technological revolution sweeping across its diverse ...