This week, tensions between India and Pakistan have led to direct combat and fatalities. As the confrontation escalates, ...

A terror attack in Indian-administered Kashmir in late April has seen tensions rise on the subcontinent to their highest ...

On the plus side, he said Asia’s fundamentals are "much, much better” than during the 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis, when the IMF bailed out Indonesia, South Korea and Thailand. Differences ...

SEOUL -- South Korea's economy contracted in the first ... The Bank of Korea said in an advance estimate that real gross domestic product in Asia's fourth-largest economy shrank 0.2% during ...

South Korea, or the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a Northeast Asian power with a global presence, yet its geopolitical influence in Southeast Asia is rarely exercised. This limited profile contrasts ...

In recent years, many Chinese firms have moved operations to South East Asia in a bid to avoid tariffs imposed since the start of US President Donald Trump's first term. The US Commerce Department ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

When Ruma*, a graduate student in South Korea, received sexually explicit ... “I felt like I was alone,” Ruma, 31, told This Week in Asia. “I had to gather the evidence myself and even ...

SEOUL: South Korea and the United States will hold trade consultations this week in Washington at the suggestion of the US, Seoul's trade ministry said on Sunday (Apr 20). Finance Minister Choi ...

BEIJING -- Chinese scientists have devised a detailed map of wild and cultivated ... the identification of a new cultivated group in South Asia, establishing a complete picture of rice evolution.

Philip Wen is regional correspondent at The Straits Times, covering South-east Asia from his base in Bangkok.

In a move that could redefine the military balance in South Asia, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is reportedly preparing to acquire 40 additional Rafale fighter jets from France under a ...