YUEN FOONG KHONG is Li Ka Shing Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of ...

Southeast Asia's transition to a high-income region is dependent on external partnerships to defend rules-based trade and ...

The U.S. government’s “reciprocal tariffs” have prompted a rapid overhaul of trade blocs in the Asia-Pacific, especially in ...

Beijing seeks to replace the U.S. as a primary security partner for Southeast Asian states, and it has been actively pursuing ...

Indonesia, the region’s largest country and economy, has the largest presence on the Southeast Asia 500, with 109 companies; Thailand comes in second with 100. Measure by revenue, however, and ...

The three most profitable companies on the Southeast Asia 500 are Singapore’s “Big Three” banks: DBS, OCBC, and UOB. DBS, the youngest of the three, takes the lead with $8.5 billion in profits.

The region is represented by a total of 63 companies from half a dozen countries—Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, ...

NEW DELHI, (ANI) – Founded in India, Buddhism also found a fertile ground in Southeast Asia, where it took root and flourished for centuries, shaping the region’s socioeconomic, political ...

Canberra has, in recent years, forged a “comprehensive strategic partnership” with ASEAN, hosted the second-ever Australia-ASEAN special summit in early 2024, and taken strides to increase economic, ...

Whether Southeast Asia becomes a leading hub or a supporting node will depend on the decisions governments and enterprises make in the next two to three years.

US President Donald Trump’s travel ban on 12 countries and partial restrictions on seven others to guard against so-called foreign terrorists is a “nonsensical” bid, observers have warned ...