The populations of Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand each have large religious majorities, with at least seven-in-ten adults being Buddhist or Muslim. In some of these countries, ...
Greater economic engagement with South-East Asia is needed not only for Australia’s sustained prosperity but also for its political clout as a bona fide Asian power, writes Asia Society President and ...
Grand promises are standard fare for the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The latest came after a meeting of the bloc’s economic ministers last month in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s ...
India, which enjoys a vast domestic market and young labour force, can take lessons from emerging South-east Asian economies like Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in attracting multinational ...
Few better ways exist to see Vietnam than to travel on its north-south railway. It was originally built by French colonialists, and its trains pass rice paddies, verdant mountains and spectacular ...
Policymakers and scholars in the West talk about Southeast Asia as a coherent region, but it has always been divided. The region’s 700 million people speak hundreds of languages and follow different ...
Despite their proximity and historical commercial relations, Southeast and South Asia's trade and investment growth have remained limited, in large part due to South Asia's limited participation in ...
Philippine President Ferdinand R Marcos Jr’s outreach to Vietnam for maritime cooperation comes against a backdrop of China’s assertiveness in the South China Sea (SCS) and regional countries’ ...