ASEAN+3 has built the plumbing for a regional bond market but not the legal certainty investors need to use it.

Japan–India ties will deepen only if summit agreements translate into stronger trade, technology and people-to-people ...

The United States and China emphasise the economic and strategic stakes of the race for a long-term lunar presence, but ...

More than finance, technology or even popular support, the biggest obstacle to nuclear power in Asia is policy uncertainty.

Hainan’s expanded free trade regime offers firms tariff exemptions for adding value on the island. By letting companies count ...

The election of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung's favoured candidate as leader of the Democratic Party creates ...

Asia’s middle powers will gain more leverage over AI access by strengthening their chip and robotics industries than by ...

The leadership race of South Korea’s Democratic Party has strengthened President Lee’s position within the party, along with greater responsibility for his government’s policy record ...

Pax Silica offers a chance for the Philippines to bolster its manufacturing sector, but only if is situated in a broader ...

Japan is shifting its fiscal reporting from a primary-balance target to a debt ratio, which risks mistaking inflation for fiscal space, just as rising yields load the budget with interest costs ...

Kyrgyzstan’s list of alternative fuel suppliers looks reassuring on paper, but none can yet match Russia’s scale, price or ...

M Kenzo Baskoro works at the intersection of global affairs and equitable development in Southeast Asia, navigating cross-border business decisions across different markets and institutional ...