Chinese President Xi Jinping will kick off a five-day, three-nation South-east Asia tour on Monday (Apr 14) as Beijing seeks to tighten regional trade ties and offset the impact of huge tariffs ...

South-east Asia PE deal value hit US$15 billion in 2024, up from US$9 billion the year before, led by large transactions such as that of ST Telemedia Data Centres. That growth in deal value was, ...

BANGKOK/HANOI/JAKARTA -- Prices in Southeast Asian rice markets are plunging because of oversupply after India resumed exports of the staple grain. White rice export prices in Thailand were $412 a ...

Mr Donald Trump’s return to the White House is reshaping America and the world. The swift reimposition of tariffs, including on key Asian economies, signals that the United States has radically ...

Economic ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean ... s tariffs by forging closer financial ties with East Asia’s major economies, said Andrew Sheng, a former Bank ...

Gadag: A 55-year-old man, who allegedly raped his minor daughter for a year, has been arrested in Karnataka's Gadag district on Wednesday. The 16-year-old victim, who was impregnated, has been ...

MINDANAO/MANILA/MELAKA: Around once a month, 53-year-old Hernani Catahum sneaks into ... 100 countries and been a defining force in Southeast Asia’s landscape. According to a report by ...

Southeast Asia has been particularly hard hit. Vietnam is looking at a 46 percent tariff, Thailand 36 percent, and Indonesia 32 percent. Cambodia and Laos will see tariffs of nearly 50 percent.

BANGKOK/HANOI/JAKARTA -- The new "reciprocal" tariffs imposed globally by U.S. President Donald Trump are fueling concern that higher costs will squeeze businesses in Southeast Asia that have ...

Global technology giants are cautiously optimistic about Southeast Asia’s autonomous driving market. First, e-commerce growth, which reached US$159 billion in 2024 – is straining logistics networks ...

This vision resonates deeply with many across Southeast Asia. It signals that Australia understands its place not as an external power, but as an integral part of the regional community. It suggests a ...

Continuous cuts in foreign aid by Western governments such as the United States may aggravate a power imbalance between Southeast Asia and China, according to findings from a study on the region ...