Taiwan was named the happiest country in East Asia in Gallup's World Happiness Report 2025—and it has night markets, national ...

The footprint of US-made F-16 fighter jets is expanding in China’s neighbourhood, with at least six Western Pacific nations flying or ordering them amid regional tensions. While the US emphasises ...

APAC’s high trade openness and exposure to US demand leave it particularly exposed to US tariff risks, Fitch said, adding that in China, Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, and Korea, for example, ...

Coercion could backfire. Although it will not always be China that benefits—many Asian countries hedge beyond the great ...

As a result, Asians’ fondness for gold is often attributed to cultural reasons. But India and China are culturally very dissimilar, and South-East Asian countries would chafe at being lumped in with ...

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After a 7.7-magnitude quake that struck Myanmar in late March killed thousands of people and toppled a building in ...

The third season, set mostly in Koh Samui and Bangkok, incorporates cultural nuances and clichés. Foreigners may have missed ...

Scientists scooped sand from a riverbed in Thailand and found two nymphs of rare mayfly species not seen in 22 years, a study said. Photo from Kwanboon and Boonsoong (2025) Knee-deep in a river of ...

Tariffs on India were also lower than those on several Asian peers, including 36 per cent on Thailand and 32 per cent on Indonesia — countries that have received significant investment from China and ...

Taiwan’s new vehicle market declined by 10% to 37,281 units in March 2025 from 41,312 units in the same month of last year, according to registration data compiled by Taiwan’s Ministry of ...