In addition to selling rice in bulk, Hometown offers an unbeatable selection, which includes my go-to short-grain white rice and long grain rice (like jasmine and basmati), as well as brown, red, ...

Thailand’s shifting urban–rural divide signals a growing demand for reform, but the conservative establishment remains a ...

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

Bangladesh is among several Asia-Pacific economies at risk of credit pressure from escalating US tariffs, Fitch Ratings ...

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 ...

Purchasing more U.S. arms would be an obvious way of reducing the trade surplus with the U.S., but Thai leaders may not be ...

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 ...