Manufacturers experienced rising global commodity prices in October.
Economy

Asian manufacturing logs slow growth in October

Nikkei PMI shows higher costs pinching output across the region

9 November 2017
A street market in Mumbai: India faces widening gender gaps in politics, healthy life expectancy and basic literacy.
Economy

Asia's top economies lose ground on gender equality

India, Japan, China among those to slip in latest World Economic Forum ranking

9 November 2017
Ships in the Strait of Singapore (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
Economy

Coming week may determine fate of TPP and shape global trade

Rival RCEP deal also up for discussion in Asian meetings

8 November 2017
A Mitsubishi Motors-affiliated dealership in Bangkok
Economy

Southeast Asian auto sales poised for growth again in 2017

Thailand, Philippines drive region's 5% sales uptick through September

8 November 2017
Thai people dressed in black in honor of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej sit at tables at the food court of a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand.
Economy

Political fatigue wears on Thai consumers

Election, economy damp political sentiment as one-year royal mourning period ends

7 November 2017
A boy harvests rice in Babelan village in the Bekasi district of Indonesia's West Java province.
Economy

Asian farmers can't meet rising food demand: Rabobank

Dutch lender joins UN in $1bn campaign to alleviate problem

5 November 2017
A poultry farm in Thailand (Photo courtesy of Betagro Group)
Economy

Shakeup in Thai poultry industry as human health fears grow

Antimicrobial resistance could spread in Asia as meat-production surges

3 November 2017
The Mae Moh lignite-fired power plant, in Thailand's northern Lampang Province, will be equipped with IoT technology. (Photo by Hiroshi Kotani)
Asia300

New tech to help Thailand wring more efficiency out of coal power

State utility plans to retrofit old equipment with IoT sensors

2 November 2017
A street market in Mumbai: India faces widening gender gaps in politics, healthy life expectancy and basic literacy.
Economy

India plunges to 108th in gender equality ranking

Asia's big economies slip, with China in 100th place and Japan in 114th

2 November 2017
Agriculture accounts for nearly 40% of Thailand's workforce but only 12% of gross domestic product.
Economy

Thailand's new investment chief eager to spur 'smart farming'

Prepares tax breaks and incentives to achieve higher productivity

1 November 2017
A woman in black looks through a shop at Bangkok's Lalai Sap Market that reflected the end of the country's year-long mourning period by sprouting colors. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Business trends

Brighter colors returning to Thai stores after mourning period

Clothing, spirits makers see uptick in sales following king's funeral ceremony

1 November 2017
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Stocks

Nikkei will launch new index to aid Asian-focused investors

Nikkei Asia300 Investable meets rules for indexes covering trusts and other financial instruments

30 October 2017
Grieving crowds dressed in black gathered around the Royal Palace to bid their final farewell to the late King Bhumibol in Bangkok, Oct. 29. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Economy

Thailand's yearlong mourning for King Bhumibol comes to a close

Government officials, civilians will stop wearing black as normalcy returns

30 October 2017
South Korean Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong speaks at the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership meeting in Incheon, South Korea on Oct. 24. (Courtesy of South Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
Economy

RCEP deal unlikely this year: South Korean official

Participants snagged over how much to open their markets in trade pact

27 October 2017
Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has been presiding over this week's elaborate, five-day funeral rites for his father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Politics

Thailand enters new era without 'Father of the Nation'

A kingdom of many have-nots has plenty of economic, democratic challenges ahead

27 October 2017
A tourist takes a picture of Malaysia's landmark Putra Mosque shrouded with haze in Putrajaya outside Kuala Lumpur.
Economy

Travel spending by Muslim millennials to top $100bn by 2025

More are choosing to travel to Asia-Pacific region

26 October 2017
Lenders remain cautious even as the economy shows signs of picking up.
Asia300

Thai banks' combined profit down for 2nd consecutive quarter

Bangkok Bank is only lender showing growth, despite upbeat economic signs

21 October 2017
Thai researchers at Siam Bioscience's facility in Nonthaburi, Thailand (Photo courtesy of Siam Bioscience)
Economy

Cuba plants its medical diplomacy flag in Thailand

Joint-venture facility in Nonthaburi aims to crack the biopharmaceuticals market

19 October 2017
Blockchain technology underpins the ICO ecosystem.
Economy

Initial coin offerings: investing's wild frontier

New -- and sometimes shady -- crowdfunding method has regulators scrambling to keep up

18 October 2017
This site in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China, is making way for the Hong Kong-Zhuahai-Macao bridge. It was pictured on June 29, 2016.
Economy

Asia has $26tn in infrastructure projects up for grabs

Multilateral lenders, foreign governments handle much of the financing

18 October 2017
The baht has risen 7% against the dollar since the start of the year, thanks to Thailand's current-account surplus.
Currencies

Thailand's record current-account surplus adds muscle to baht

Currency shrugs off prospects for tighter US money as exporters fret

14 October 2017
King Bhumibol Adulyadej receives a small rose plant from a local woman as he makes a visit to one of his crop substitution projects in Northern Thailand, Feb. 16, 1981.
Politics

One year on, King Bhumibol's development legacy to Thailand

From opium eradication to biomedicines, late king was a pioneer in many fields

13 October 2017
King Bhumibol Adulyadej was the world's longest-reigning monarch when he died on Oct. 13, 2016, at the age of 88. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom
Politics

Biography: King Bhumibol Adulyadej

Born Dec. 5, 1927, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. Died Oct. 13, 2016, in Bangkok, Thailand

13 October 2017