Asia

As President Yoon Suk Yeol awaits a Constitutional Court ruling following his parliamentary impeachment and criminal investigations into his insurrection...

Marcos orders implementation of tariff schedule under PH-South Korea FTA

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. issued an executive order implementing the schedule of tariff commitment under the Free...

Azerbaijani and U.S. officials suggest plane that crashed may have been hit by weapons fire

“Russian air defence systems may have brought down an Azerbaijani airliner this week,” a U.S. official said Friday (December 27,...

Malaysia bird’s nest producers risk losing $15 million due to avian virus

PETALING JAYA - Malaysian producers of bird’s nest fear that they will miss the golden opportunity to export about RM50...

Honda-Nissan deal sets up next fight for bankers in Japan M&A boom

Japan’s record deal-making activity this year isn’t giving foreign firms much holiday cheer: For now, the field remains mostly dominated...

The economic legacy of India’s Manmohan Singh: transformative reforms, but hurdles remain

Manmohan Singh, the soft-spoken economist who rescued India from near-bankruptcy to make it one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies,...

Pakistan village mourns ‘Mohna’, boy who became PM

A local at former Prime minister Manmohan Singh’s ancestral Gah village, in Chakwal district, Pakistan. Singh, the architect of India’s...

ST Picks: HK’s ageing ‘rainbow estate’ – Pull of nostalgia as wrecking ball looms

ST Picks: HK’s ageing ‘rainbow estate’ - Pull of nostalgia as wrecking ball looms

US teacher jailed in Russia is designated by State Department as wrongfully detained

An American teacher arrested in Russia on drug charges more than four years ago has been designated by the US...

China: PH starting arms race in region