To begin with, ASEAN began as a "deviant community”, in the words of Chan Heng Chee, the former Head of the Department of ...

American and Philippine warplanes flew together in a coordinated patrol and drill above the South China Sea, in the allies’ ...

Forecast (prognostic) maps are also available ... of the tropical easterlies include the southeast trade winds, monsoon lows and sometimes tropical cyclones (known as hurricanes in the Americas and ...

Historical Context Southeast Asia has long been plagued by maritime piracy, dating back to the age of early maritime trading networks. Historical records from the 14th century indicate that pirate ...

A Russian Navy surveillance ship made a nine-day cruise in the vicinity of Japan’s southwest islands approaching as close as ...

Beyond economics, strengthening security ties with Southeast Asia is crucial for maintaining regional stability and ...

In a joint statement on Thursday, China and Brunei agreed to support commercial cooperation in maritime oil and gas resources. The statement was released following a meeting between President Xi ...

While free trade has become politically infeasible in Washington, there are other ways to shore up the U.S. presence in one ...

Loading Beyond the tolls paid, Washington has appeared chiefly concerned about Chinese investment in the 80km long canal, which handles five per cent of global maritime trade. The country's ...

The digital payment market in Asia is projected to reach $1 trillion by 2025, significantly increasing Sea Limited’s ...

Several global financial institutions—including the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the Asian ...

Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s multilingual capabilities and open-source nature serve as an attractive alternative for users in Southeast Asia, but its true potential can only be realised if ...