And in 2018, Vietnam cut a scene from the romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians that featured a designer bag with a map of the world showing the disputed South China Sea islands under Beijing’s control.

[HONG KONG] A global overhaul at HSBC Holdings has seen female executives in Asia lose out after the lender asked managers to reapply for senior roles in the combined corporate and institutional ...

Taiwan is the happiest place in Asia, according to the 2025 World Happiness Report, published Thursday. Of the 147 places around the world that were ranked this year, it took the 27th spot ...

Chinese tea chain Chagee has once again landed in hot water with Malaysia’s censorious consumers after its mobile app displayed a map with Beijing ... Southeast Asia is in the throes of ...

The news for some of Southeast Asia’s big stock exchanges has not been great lately. Since mid-September 2024, the Jakarta composite index has declined by around 18 percent. On March 18 ...

In rural India, guarantees of equal representation on village councils are easily thwarted. But some women are pushing back against “boss husbands.” By Alex Travelli and Suhasini Raj Reporting ...

TOKYO -- Mazda Motor aims to respond to the global EV revolution by forming partnerships and adopting production innovations that will allow it to put a new electric vehicle in showrooms by 2027.

The parliament of Papua New Guinea has approved an amendment that identifies the nation as an ‘independent Christian state’. Fr Giorgio Licini (Caritas Papua New Guinea): it risks being an ...

Several carriers are strengthening their long-haul networks over the coming weeks, adding new routes to and from airports in the Asia-Pacific region. In the Asia-Europe market, Asiana Airlines ...

Simply sign up to the Asia-Pacific companies myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Financial Times and Statista are pleased to present this seventh annual ranking of 500 high-growth ...

Interestingly, as middle powers progress towards great and rising powers, like India and the US, are expected to shift their focus towards Asia, the South Asia landscape may see a heightened strategic ...

AIA Group, the biggest insurer in Asia-Pacific, said earnings rose to an all-time high last year as demand for higher investment returns from mainland Chinese visitors fuelled record sales in Hong ...