A Philippine coast guard vessel and a Chinese coast guard vessel sail next to each other during an incident in the South China Sea, in this screen grab obtained from a handout video released Aug. 19.
Opinion

Philippines needs robust response to China's Sabina Shoal threat

Strategic location is the latest flashpoint in the South China Sea

10 September 2024
Alice Guo, who is a former mayor of Bamban, Tarlac province and is also known as Chinese national Guo Hua Ping, attends a Senate hearing in Manila on Sept. 9.
Politics

Philippine Senate holds ex-mayor Alice Guo in contempt a second time

Case grips nation amid heightened tension with China

9 September 2024
Masato Kanda, Japan's former vice finance minister for international affairs, is being nominated to take over the presidency of the Asian Development Bank early next year.
International relations

ADB chief Asakawa to step down, 'Mr. Yen' Kanda likely successor

Japanese Finance Ministry veteran says it is time for new leadership

9 September 2024
All six ETFs, which made their market debuts in Hong Kong at the end of April, have posted negative returns as of the end of August. (Source photos by AP and Getty Images)
Market Spotlight

From Hong Kong to Singapore, crypto ETFs face chill

Market turbulence ahead of U.S. election weighs on digital asset funds

9 September 2024
Rohingya refugees gather in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Aug. 25 to mark the seventh anniversary of their fleeing from neighboring Myanmar.
International relations

Bangladesh calls for faster resettlement process for Rohingya

About 8,000 members of Muslim ethnic minority group have fled Myanmar

9 September 2024
Alibaba's office building in Beijing. The tech giant is joining Hong Kong's Stock Connect system that will let mainland investors trade its shares.
Your Week in Asia

Seoul military AI forum, Alibaba's mainland trading, Semicon India

Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events

8 September 2024
The drills simulated the recapture of a remote island. (Photo by Tomoyoshi Oshikiri)
Defense

U.S. and Indonesia wrap up multinational Indo-Pacific drills

Japan takes part in island recapture as part of Super Garuda Shield exercise

7 September 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets Singaporean Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Sept. 5 in Singapore. (Photo from Modi's X account)
Semiconductors

India signs chip deal with Singapore during Modi visit

Indian PM meets counterpart Lawrence Wong to bolster supply chain

5 September 2024
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra is keeping key ministers in her new cabinet. (Photo by Adryel Talamantes)
Politics

Key Thai ministers retain posts as king endorses new cabinet

Limited changes highlight government's continued focus on economic issues

4 September 2024
Pope Francis, left, and Indonesian President Joko Widodo meet with Indonesian officials, civil society representatives and diplomats at the presidential palace in Jakarta on Sept. 4.
Society

Pope, Jokowi call for peace efforts in 'historic' Indonesia visit

Pontiff's Asia tour includes stops in Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Singapore

4 September 2024
Alice Guo appears at a Philippine Senate hearing on May 22. (Philippine Senate)
Politics

Fugitive Philippine ex-mayor arrested in Indonesia

Alice Guo accused of links to Chinese crime syndicates

4 September 2024
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks during an interview with Nikkei Asia in Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 3. (Photo by Fumika Sato)
Interview

New Zealand aims to double exports to ASEAN, Indo-Pacific

PM Luxon says trade agenda to focus on green economy and renewables

4 September 2024
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris attends a campaign event focused on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities on July 9 in Nevada, one of seven key states that could decide the outcome of November's presidential election.
Asia Insight

Once neglected, Asian Americans now courted in knife-edge election

Tiny margins in battleground states spotlight voters like Wisconsin's Hmong community

3 September 2024
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center, presents a Letter of Intent to fund Fulbright University Vietnam's construction in 2017. Critics blasted an ex-school official for focusing on U.S. suffering in the Vietnam War. 
International relations

U.S.-backed Vietnam university condemns rumors it foments 'color revolution'

Taboos about Vietnam War and one-party rule kick up social media furor around Fulbright

3 September 2024
Armed groups in Myanmar have been making headway in their offensive against the government.
Myanmar Crisis

Myanmar arms civilians as rebels draw closer to Mandalay

Government eyes complement to military and police, bracing for urban fighting

3 September 2024
A boy cycles with provisions on a flooded road following heavy rains brought by a tropical storm, in Baras, Rizal province, the Philippines, Sept. 2.
Natural disasters

Tropical storm Yagi kills 7 in the Philippines

Manila and surrounding regions hit by floods and landslides

2 September 2024
A view of Funan-Techo Canal, a 180-km venture set to connect the Mekong River in Cambodia's Kandal province to the Gulf of Thailand.
Opinion

The Gulf of Thailand may be the next U.S.-China flashpoint

Beijing's backing of Cambodian infrastructure could alter regional balance of power

2 September 2024
Indonesian President Joko Widodo speaks at the Indonesia-Africa Forum in Bali on Sept. 2. (Photo courtesy of Indonesia's foreign ministry)
International relations

Indonesia vows to 'defend interests of Global South' at Africa forum

Jokowi aims for $3.5bn in business deals at 3-day gathering in Bali

2 September 2024
People's Party leader Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut during an interview with Nikkei Asia on Aug. 29 in Bangkok. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca)
Interview

Thai opposition leader pushes to stop court-ordered party dissolutions

Political stability will feed economic growth, says Natthapong Ruengpanyawut

2 September 2024
A Philippine Coast Guard ship is seen surrounded by Chinese maritime militia vessels and a Chinese Coast Guard ship during a resupply mission for Filipino troops stationed at a grounded warship in the South China Sea, October 4, 2023.
South China Sea

U.S. decries China's 'escalatory' acts against Philippines in South China Sea

Washington says Beijing's vessel 'deliberately collided 3 times' with Manila's ship

1 September 2024
Pope Francis meets a child during a ceremony at Chinggis Khaan International Airport in Ulaanbaatar at the end of his visit to Mongolia, Sept. 4 2023.
Your Week in Asia

Pope in Asia, China-Africa forum, Japan-Australia 2+2

Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events

1 September 2024
Philippine Coast Guard Commodore Jay Tarriela briefs reporters on the incident on Aug. 31 as South China Sea tensions spike anew around the Sabina Shoal. (Photo by Ramon Royandoyan)
South China Sea

Philippines accuses China of ramming ship in South China Sea

Beijing counters that an 'illegally stranded' vessel lifted anchor to turn aggressor

31 August 2024
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, right, and his Vietnamese counterpart, Phan Van Giang, at a press conference in Manila after signing letters of intent to bolster bilateral defense cooperation. (Photo by Ramon Royandoyan)
South China Sea

Philippines and Vietnam plan to seal defense MOU this year

Defense ministers sign letters of intent to bolster security ties

30 August 2024
Admiral Samuel Paparo of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, left, shakes hands with Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., army chief of staff of the Philippines, during the International Military Law and Operations Conference in Manila on Aug. 27.
South China Sea

U.S. 'ready' to assist Philippines with South China Sea resupplies

Manila says it will only seek American aid if nationals are on 'verge of dying'

29 August 2024
Floods across the country have inundated villages.
Natural disasters

Thailand flooding poses early test for PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra

Mistakes of past administrations could inform handling of disaster

29 August 2024