President Donald Trump, on Friday, Oct. 24, embarked on his second term's first Asia trip on Friday Oct. 24 as the U.S. government shutdown stretched into a fourth week with no end in sight. Trump, ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. China, Japan, South Korea—and the ten states that make up the regional organization called the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN ...

The ASEAN–India Tourism Professionals Exchange Programme 2025 began in Guwahati with two days of intensive interactions between tourism professionals from India and ten ASEAN Member States.

China has officially launched a new visa policy aimed at boosting travel and cooperation with countries in Southeast Asia. The announcement, made on June 3, 2025, marks the introduction of a dedicated ...

IT HAS at times been hard for Banyan to be a fan of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The Economist is plain-spoken; the ten-country club has an irritating habit of talking around ...

Many of the region’s economies have pursued a model of export-oriented industrialization that was once championed and encouraged by Washington. When U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his tariff ...

A woman carries the flag of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the opening ceremony of World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, April 12, 2025. Credit: ASEAN Secretariat/Kusuma Pandu ...

Organised by the Assam Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. (ATDC) under the aegis of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, the exchange is being held from 12 to 17 December across ...