Myanmar’s crackdown on hundi networks hurts households, humanitarian flows and ASEAN’s wider regional interests.

Governments across Asia are increasingly allocating public capital to industrial capacity, yet the institutional capabilities required to manage these investments are often overlooked ...

The low-budget dialect film Dear You is both an unexpected hit in global box offices and a flashpoint for wider debates ...

Vietnam’s US$4 billion Ca Mau–Hon Khoai bridge and seaport project is presented as an overdue development initiative for one of the country’s poorest regions, but it may also help Hanoi preserve its ...

The success of the new GUIDE framework will depend on members converting voluntary exchanges into specific national measures and jointly supported activities.

The United States and European Union have played a leading role in strengthening global efforts to address forced labour in supply chains, but Asia’s deep involvement in critical mineral supply chains ...

Japan’s price mechanism is working again, driven by external inflationary pressures, rising household expectations and severe labour shortages — a shift Abenomics failed to deliver despite years of ...

China’s new ‘Artificial Intelligence + Education’ Action Plan seeks systemic reform of higher education, treating AI as a way to improve graduate quality amid a weakening labour market. A national ...

Vietnam’s rapid headline growth is driven almost entirely by foreign‑invested and government‑favoured conglomerates, leaving domestic small-to-medium enterprises and workers behind. Foreign-invested ...

The US war on Iran exposed Southeast Asia’s heavy dependence on Middle Eastern oil, pushing leaders to issue an unprecedented Leaders' Statement, propose a new crisis response protocol and reaffirm ...

China’s dominance of rare earth supply chains has given Beijing significant geopolitical leverage, but its ability to weaponise that position depends on more than control over mines, processing and ...