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Thailand revives $30 billion coast-to-coast corridor to rival Malacca StraitThailand plans a massive "Land Bridge" to connect the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand. This project aims to offer a new shipping route...
Fishermen are being pushed to the brink by fuel costs in Southeast AsiaRising energy, freight, and supply chain expenses are escalating seafood prices globally. Governments offer aid, but it's stretched thin, i...
To Lam wins new term to rule Vietnam for the next five yearsVietnam's top leader To Lam has been reappointed for another five years. He pledged to boost the nation's economy. The party aims for at le...
China President Xi Jinping announces winner of Tariff war. This will not make Donald Trump happyDonald Trump has paused some tariffs, he has kept in place 145 per cent duties on China, the world's second-largest economy.
China's Xi Jinping says there are 'no winners' in a tariff war as he visits Southeast AsiaAmidst U.S. trade tensions, Xi Jinping's Southeast Asia visit, starting in Vietnam, signals China's commitment to global trade and position...
Dragon on the moveThe 'China in the World' podcast episode explores China's economic and strategic interests in Myanmar, focusing on the 2,000 km shared bord...
To Lam: ex-public security minister turned Vietnam top leaderTo Lam, a former public security minister, was named general secretary of Vietnam's Communist Party following Nguyen Phu Trong's death. Ele...
Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the country's most powerful leader, dies at age 80Born in 1944 in Hanoi, Trong was a Marxist-Leninist ideologue who earned a degree in philosophy before becoming a member of the Communist P...
Putin in Vietnam, seeking to strengthen ties in Southeast Asia while Russia's isolation deepensPutin was greeted by dignitaries upon his arrival in the Southeast Asian country as soldiers in white dress uniforms stood at attention. He...
How is Southeast Asia's charge to EVs going?Southeast Asia races to boost electric vehicle demand amid environmental concerns. Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam lead, but cha...
US expects to upgrade Vietnam ties, risks China angerThe United States is expected to elevate its diplomatic relations with Vietnam to the top level during President Joe Biden's visit to Hanoi...
Southeast Asia, too, is losing patience with King Dollar’s cloutIn a conference in Singapore Tuesday, multiple former officials spoke about de-dollarisation efforts underway and what economies in the reg...
China's trade war with US resulted in loss of USD 550 billion: ReportThe trade war, accompanied by a slowdown in China's economy and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, has resulted in the World Bank predict...
Russia's ASEAN & Far East Asia outreach complements India's visionRussia’s vision from Lisbon to Jakarta complement’s India’s outreach in SE Asia and Far East Asia and contribute to India’s Act Far East Po...
Indian-ASEAN think tanks join hands to prepare for 30th anniversary celebrationsIn order to strengthen the people to people and institutional linkages, the Asian Confluence, India, the ASEAN Studies Centre of ISEAS - Yu...
Asia has wary welcome for G7's answer to Belt and RoadThe Build Back Better World initiative, or (B3W), was promoted at last week's G7 summit in the UK but remains light on details and is not e...
Explainer: South China Sea tension flares again as Joe Biden takes chargeThe Trump and Obama administrations carried out such patrols regularly, ostensibly to challenge China's "nine-dash line" claim to jurisdict...
Southeast Asia wary of China's Belt and Road project, sceptical of US: SurveyChina's reach is seen as growing both politically and economically, as per a new study.
Uneasy over Trump's hardline stance, China steps up preparedness for military conflict with USA commentary in the official website of Chinese army said on January 20, the day Trump assumed Presidency, that the chances of war have bec...
China's military facilities on man-made SCS islands nearly ready: ReportChinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Hua Chunying said today she was not aware of the report's details but reiterated the Spratl...