Several Southeast Asian countries are kicking off their annual water festival holiday, an occasion for merrymaking during what is usually the hottest time of the year BANGKOK -- Several Southeast ...

He claims tariffs will hurt foreign countries, and he’s not wrong. But he has so far shrugged at the fact that tariffs will needlessly punish Americans, too. For no reason, the US government is ...

Top 10 Most Powerful Countries In The World In 2025 ... Story continues below this ad Despite the challenges of an ageing population, Asian nations like South Korea and Japan have also featured on the ...

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BTS' Kim Taehyung's solo debut album Layover emerged as the first album of 2020's decade by an Asian soloist to reach the No.1 spot in 110 countries on the iTunes Top Albums Chart. The countries ...

Asian qualifying for the 2026 World Cup will be a long journey, a gauntlet that will require — at a minimum — multiple group stages. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will put eight teams ...

GONGJU, South Korea/KUALA LUMPUR -- Over the first half of this century, the number of people living in Asia will see a nearly 1.5-fold increase. But the region hosts another community that is ...

I am determined to visit every country in the world before I die. In the next couple of weeks, I’m going to check four more off the list, with my reluctant and semiretired husband in tow: the ...

Across the region, the earthquakes could have longstanding socioeconomic repercussions as the countries try to repair the damage done. The Asia-Pacific and South Asia regions are "among the most ...

The plan will assess “non-reciprocal trade relationships” and respond by imposing tariffs calibrated to targeted countries’ total trade barriers. The tariffs are scheduled to be announced on ...

The Philippines was the first stop of Mr. Hegseth’s tour of Asia, which will also include Japan; both countries have mutual defense treaties with the United States. But they and others in the ...