The country’s population is approximately 2.6 million, with 3.2 people/sq km, and most of its population lives in the north or along the coast. The interior remains sparsely populated.

Paramilitary forces are organizations that operate like the military, but are not operated by a country’s government.

The Yarlung Tansgpo / Brahmaputra dam shows we often don’t know how to deal with rivers that cross national borders.

China recently approved the construction of the world's largest hydropower dam, across the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet. When fully up and running, it will be the world's largest power plant—by some ...

Some of the world’s weakest economies in Asia are among those hardest-hit in opening salvo of global trade war ...

The Asia-Pacific region (APAC) will lead global economic growth over the next 15 years thanks to several factors, some of ...

The Central Asian region is home to approximately 79 million people spread across five nations. It was part of the Soviet ...

KUWAIT CITY, April 4: The 2024 statistical report from Kuwait’s Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) highlights five key regions—Salmiya, Farwaniya, Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, Hawalli, and ...

SINGAPORE: More than half of 2,023 respondents polled across 11 Southeast Asian countries would ... Southeast Asia with its 680 million-strong population, is becoming increasingly crucial to ...

A survey published Thursday by a Singaporean state-owned think tank said Japan remains the most trusted major power among respondents in Southeast Asia due to the country's "respectful and cooperative ...

A preliminary look at what Trump’s tariff offensive means for the world, the US and Ukraine. Asian countries hit hard. Even ...