The merger of two state-backed brokerages in China to create a sector leader with $230 billion in assets is part of Beijing's drive to
September 06, 2024
Former Philippines mayor Alice Guo, accused of ties to Chinese criminal syndicates and laundering more than 100 million pesos ($1.79 million), arrived in Manila early on Friday after
September 06, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol called on Friday at a summit in Seoul to keep up the momentum behind an
September 06, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has visited Seoul and reaffirmed sympathy for the suffering of Koreans during Japan’s colonial rule, as he and his South Korean counterpart Friday underscored the need to maintain warming ties between the Asian neighbors
September 05, 2024
Asia's strongest storm this year, Super Typhoon Yagi, landed in China's Hainan on Friday, bringing violent gales and heavy rain that triggered
September 05, 2024
Japanese household spending rose less than expected in July as consumers remained wary of loosening their purse strings in the face of higher prices, possibly complicating the central
September 05, 2024
A look at the day ahead in Asian markets.
September 05, 2024
Japan will hand out more subsidies for electric-vehicle battery production, pledging as much as $2.4 billion in support for related projects by Toyota Motor and other major companies,
September 05, 2024
Thousands of students rallied in Bangladesh on Thursday to mark the one-month anniversary of the fall of long-serving former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after deadly
September 05, 2024
The father of the doctor who was raped and murdered in India's Kolkata city said late Wednesday night that police rushed the family into cremating her even
September 05, 2024
The decision by New York prosecutors to charge a former aide to the New York governor this week with acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government has raised concerns about China’s efforts to influence U.S. politics
September 05, 2024
Experts says that millions of people in Pakistan continue to live along the path of floodwaters showing neither people nor the government have learned any lessons from the 2022 devastating floods that killed 1,737 people
September 05, 2024
The Chinese government is ending its intercountry adoption program
September 05, 2024
China-Africa ties ‘best in history’ claims Xi as Beijing pushes back on Western debt trap criticism
September 05, 2024
One of the year’s strongest typhoons has deadly impact in ‘China’s Hawaii’ before hitting Vietnam
September 05, 2024
Dozens of African leaders have gathered in Beijing for a summit that signals China’s influence in a continent that it hopes will be a key ally in pushing back against a U.S.-led global order
September 05, 2024
China still has room to lower the amount of cash banks must hold as reserves while it faces some constraints in cutting interest rates, a central bank official said on
September 05, 2024
Southern Chinese provinces and cities braced for the arrival of super typhoon Yagi, shutting schools and postponing flights ahead of its expected landfall along
September 04, 2024
When Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a final summit this week with South Korean President Yoon
September 05, 2024
Pakistan's unprecedented arrest and court-martial of a former spy chief raises the heat on Imran Khan and could be the precursor to prosecuting the jailed former
September 05, 2024
Despite the moderation seen in India's first quarter gross domestic product growth (GDP), the South Asian economy is likely to achieve full year
September 05, 2024
Thailand's new government will move ahead with plans to introduce casinos after a public hearing showed strong support to create a
September 05, 2024
A creditor filed a petition for the bankruptcy of a unit of China Evergrande New Energy Vehicle (NEV) Group in a Shanghai court, the third such petition against the
September 05, 2024
Analysts have raised bullish bets on most Asian currencies after mixed data heightened concerns about economic growth in the world's largest economy, increasing the odds of
September 05, 2024
It’s been a month since a student-led movement ousted Bangladesh's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina
September 05, 2024
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