YUEN FOONG KHONG is Li Ka Shing Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.

By bno - Taipei Office As the United States stumbles around the global stage in a state of economic bewilderment of sorts, Southeast Asia finds itself at a crossroads. While American influence has long loomed large across the region,

Leaders from the Middle East and Southeast Asia are holding their second summit in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. The two regional blocs, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the ...

Someone made very sophisticated wooden tools in China 300,000 years ago, and it might have been Denisovans or even Homo erectus.

Banijay Asia CEO Deepak Dhar announces new scripted and unscripted deals in Jakarta as Asian producers discuss global content expansion at APOS.

While many in the region were unperturbed by his election, the US president’s disruptive approach threatens the open and predictable world in which Southeast Asia has flourished.

President Donald Trump’s proposed “reciprocal” tariff plan places some of the highest tariff levels on East Asian countries—many of which depend on U.S. markets to grow their economies.

Typhoon Danas made landfall in China’s east on the night of July 8. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

East Asia South Koreans flock to Blue House ahead of presidential return People take photos as they visit the grounds of the Blue House in Seoul on Jun 9, 2025. (Photo: AFP/Anthony Wallace)

Companies have been moving factories from China to Southeast Asia, anticipating Donald Trump would slap high tariffs on Beijing if he regained the White House, a move set to accelerate with his ...

Inside a commercial kitchen in central Missoula, Ber Yang and Sheng Xiong are serving up the flavors of Southeast Asia for customers looking for a little spice to fight the gray winter weather ...