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.

Credit: By U.S. Central Intelligence Agency – Asia Maps — Perry-Castañeda Map Collection: South China Sea (Islands) 1988, Public Domain via Wikimedia. China and Malaysia also have an ongoing ...

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 ...

Earth’s oceans rose faster than expected last year as the world experienced its hottest year on record, NASA says. People walk through water in a flooded area affected by rising sea levels and ...

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 ...

Indian football legend Sunil Chhetri will return to the national team aged 40 in an unexpected reversal of his decision to hang up his boots last year. The former captain, the fourth-highest men ...