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 ...

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AS SOUTH-EAST Asian countries navigate the complex terrain of electric vehicle (EV) adoption, ambitious targets and transition pathways have become a focus of discussion. However, the critical ...

In May 2018, the Council on Foreign Relations’ Southeast Asia program convened a workshop to examine the direction of the U.S.-Southeast Asia relationship from the present to 2030. The workshop ...

JAKARTA/KUALA LUMPUR: Every night, a loud husky voice pierces through the hustle and bustle of Malaysia’s downtown Penang. As throngs of tourists pass by her restaurant, Rosa Angelina calls ...

This is the second installment of a two-part series on the hit products and services in Asia in 2024. To read the first installment, please click here. BANGKOK/MUMBAI -- From Taylor Swift concerts ...

2024 was an eventful year in ASEAN. Clean energy had its ups and downs across the region, tourism and travel continued their slow recovery toward pre-pandemic levels, and countries like Thailand ...

TOKYO -- Japanese carmakers Honda Motor and Nissan Motor -- and potentially Mitsubishi Motors -- have started merger talks, but data shows the three brands' market share currently lags rivals in ...

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, ...

KUALA LUMPUR/JAKARTA: From a potential tariff war, economic slowdown to political turmoil affecting key trading partners, 2025 is set to be a challenging year for Southeast Asian countries looking ...

Thai singer Chayada Prao-hom, also known as Ping Chayada, 20, died in a hospital in the northeastern city of Udon Thani on December 8 after claiming she was left paralysed by a series of three ...

Durians from Vietnam are among the most popular goods on the public opening day of the 21st China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Sept 28. PENG HUAN / FOR CHINA DAILY ...