Satellite Photos Show Island Building in Contested South China Sea
Vietnam is following in the footsteps of rival Spratly Islands claimant China in building out military-purposed ...
Japan draws up plan to evacuate 120,000 Okinawa islanders near Taiwan
Taiwan is viewed as a possible military flashpoint that could draw the US into conflict with China. Read more at straitstimes ...
Laos, Australia strengthen economic ties
VIENTIANE: Laos and Australia are cooperating to advance their trade and investment ties as part of Australia's South-East ...
Stocks fall on Trump's auto tariffs, China bucks the trend
Global stocks fell on Thursday, led by heavy losses in Japan and South Korea, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced new ...
Families of Cambodians, Lao, Vietnamese affected by ‘Secret War’ seek wider state recognition
For years, Cambodians, Vietnamese and Lao people in Minnesota have said they’ve struggled to get specific recognition in ...
Philippine News Agency1d
PH among fastest-growing economies in Southeast Asia – economist
The Philippines is one of the fastest-growing economies in Southeast Asia this year, an economist from Moody's Analytics said ...
International Monetary Fund1d
Southeast Asia’s Economies Can Gain Most by Packaging Ambitious Reforms
Combining overhauls in areas including business and external regulation, governance, and human development can boost output levels by 3 percent over four years.
Women are south Asia’s ‘silent contributors’ – changing that could transform economies
Female entrepreneurs in South Asia have been described as “silent contributors”, as their input to the economy and society is ...
East Asia Forum2d
Singapore’s growth requires more land and people
Automation and investment in technology provide a pathway to growth but Singapore’s aging workforce must be retrained to ...
Philippine defense chief calls China's claims in the South China Sea 'the biggest fiction and lie'
The Philippine defense chief has called China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea as “the biggest fiction and lie” that no Southeast Asian country will accept ...
South Korea fights deadly wildfires in southeast as thousands evacuate
South Korea is struggling to contain wildfires ravaging the country’s southeast after more than two dozen blazes broke out ...
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Southeast Asia’s Fish Supplies Remarkably Robust Despite Decades of Warnings About Overfishing
Despite global warnings of overfishing, Southeast Asia’s fisheries are maintaining their ecological health while still ...