A new regional assessment shows that Southeast Asia is a major net source of greenhouse gases, with land-use change and ...

2024 was a grim year for conservation and its champions across Southeast Asia, as deforestation surged due to infrastructure, agriculture, logging and mining, threatening critical ecosystems and ...

Spotlight on East Asia, a region steeped in history and now helping to write the future of our world. We'll break down the ...

For much of prehistory, Southeast Asia was not a scattering of islands separated by shallow seas. It was a single, immense ...

Asia, the world’s largest continent, is often divided into six distinct regions to better understand its vast geography, cultures, and economies. A new visualisation highlights these divisions: East ...

Trade and tariffs to remain critical, as foreign and domestic investments drive the region forward Read more at The Business ...

East Asia has led the global economic recovery since 2020, but its current pace continues to lag behind pre-pandemic levels, ...

WASHINGTON, October 7, 2025 — East Asia and Pacific region continues to outperform most of the rest of the world, but creating more jobs and sustaining growth will require ambitious reforms as the ...

Few parts of the global economy hold more obvious promise than South-East Asia. Multinational firms hoping to move manufacturing away from China are racing to establish supply chains in the region.

With nearly 700 million people and rapidly growing economies, Southeast Asia has become a pivotal region in the global geopolitical landscape. The technological revolution sweeping across its diverse ...

In East and Southeast Asia, democracy must be understood within the region’s unique political, historical and economic contexts. While liberal values are present, many citizens prioritise stability, ...

In the decades immediately ahead, East Asia will experience perhaps the modern world’s most dramatic demographic shift. All of the region’s main states—China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan—are about ...