East Asia has led the global economic recovery since 2020, but its current pace continues to lag behind pre-pandemic levels, renewing worries about the sustainability of an export-led growth model.

In South Korea, which imports nearly all of its oil and gas, a global supply crunch has hit hard. Officials have advised ...

Tokyo is spending heavily to regain a leading role in semiconductors, backing plants in Kumamoto and the high-risk Rapidus venture in the name of economic security. Public funding already exceeds ...

The Middle East is a major global source of energy, particularly crude oil and natural gas. Not only have major suppliers of oil and gas like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE suspended some operations ...

NANNING-Trade between South-east Asia and China will be given a boost in September when a 134.2km, S$13.7 billion man-made ...

Nepali consumers wait in line to collect a half-filled gas cylinder at the Nepal Oil Corporation depot in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 13, 2026. Reporter As the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran continues ...