Francis was the first pope to visit Timor-Leste since its independence from Indonesia in 2002 following a brutal occupation. Nearly half of the population of around 1.3 million turned out for his mass ...

China’s leader Xi Jinping says no one wins in a trade war as he kicked off a diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia with a trip to ...

That is now poised to change after President Trump on Wednesday aimed his most punishing tariffs at countries in Southeast Asia. The news came as a hammer blow to American companies that have come ...

However, Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs, announced on 2 April, have hit Southeast Asia particularly hard, throwing countries’ short-term economic plans into disarray, undermining the basis of ...

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The 7.7-magnitude quake, one of Myanmar's strongest in a century, jolted the war-torn Southeast Asian nation on Friday, leaving hundreds people dead and thousands injured, the military government ...

This report explores gender differences in entrepreneurship for micro, small, and medium enterprises in Southeast Asia. It analyzes household and ... After establishing stylized facts about gender ...

SINGAPORE: Southeast Asia is set to be a driving force of global energy trends, said Sue-Ern Tan, head of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Regional Cooperation Centre. This comes as the ...