Asia, the engine for global growth over the past decade and an innovation powerhouse, can help contribute to a stronger international monetary system and global financial safety net. This conference ...

HANOI — Vietnamese police are investigating a Chinese tea brand over an online map featuring Beijing's disputed claims in the South China Sea, authorities said. Chagee milk tea is the latest ...

Mountains in South-East Asia aren’t the untouchable ice-hells that the most hardened alpinists chase after. Yet mountaineering in South-East Asia would probably be the highlight of most holidays ...

Wilfred Thesiger must be fed up with being hailed as the last of the great Victorian travellers, striding along behind Livingstone, Burton and Stanley. After all, he was not born until 1910, and his ...

Singapore's next parliament will also have 97 seats, up from the current 93. On the electoral map changes, Dr Janil said: "What we do know and what we can see, it's about the population growth.

Singapore will have five new Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs) and six new Single Member Constituencies (SMCs) in the 2025 General Election, part of sweeping changes laid out in the ...

From his perch high above the Thai capital, the 42-year old not only enjoys a panoramic view of the city skyline, but of a booming luxury property market he believes is Southeast Asia's next big ...

All but one of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities last year were in Asia, a new study shows. The majority of these cities – 13 – are in the world’s most populous country, India ...

Not only is it banned, it's outright deadly. And it's the highest unclimbed mountain on Earth. There have been several summit attempts, but they've all failed. Now it's not even legal to climb out ...

A Lawson convenience store in the Saitama prefecture city of Chichibu sent a 3.3-kilogram package to Urayama, nestled in the mountains ringing the outskirts, in mid-February.

The frequency of floods in high mountain Asia has increased significantly, according to a study. The study, conducted by a team of scientists including environment expert Sonam Wangchuk ...