HANOI – Although Vietnam has some of the world’s most stringent drug laws — those convicted of possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin...
NEW YORK – In light of the U.S. administration’s export ban on Chinese telecom giant Huawei, mobile carriers around the world have announced that they would...
BEIJING – China produces and consumes two-thirds of the world’s pork, but output is plunging as Beijing destroys herds and blocks shipments to stop African swine...
BANGKOK – Investors in Thailand’s SET are fleeing in hoards, in a span of three days, more than $3.85 billion has been erased from the stock...
BANGKOK – Foreign outflows from Asian equities were the biggest in at least 7 years in 2018 as the Sino-U.S. trade war and slowing profits battered...
BANGKOK – The Bank of Thailand, the nation’s central bank, has raised its key interest rate for the first time since 2011, in a move...
BANGKOK – Thailand may be among the world’s top 10 tourism destinations, but for overseas investors it’s about as popular as a beach holiday in...
China forced Australia to abandon a planned free trade agreement with Taiwan because it wanted to isolate the island’s pro-independence president Tsai Ing-wen, according to former...
CHIANG RAI – Chinese tourists account for more visitors to Thailand — and much of Southeast Asia — than from any other country. The Thai village...
BANGKOK – In early September, Thailand’s military government auctioned off the last load of rice stockpiled from the populist paddy-pledging scheme of coup-toppled Prime Minister Yingluck...
YANGON – While the Japanese foreign minister and State Counselor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi discussed Rakhine’s development in Naypyitaw last week, a Chinese Communist...
To be good at this trading game, you need to try to keep up with all the news, with the geopolitical events and the global financial...
BEIJING – Chinese exporters were scrambling Monday to cope with a plunge in U.S. sales while China’s state press shrugged off the impact of Washington’s...
TEHRAN – Iran’s supreme leader has set out conditions for Tehran to stay in its nuclear deal with world powers, including steps by to be...
– BEIJING – China announced a $3 billion (U.S.) list of U.S. goods for possible retaliation in a tariff dispute with U.S. President Donald Trump and...
– BANGKOK – This year marked a sea change as consumers in Thailand became more accepting of digitalisation, especially regarding purchasing behaviour. From pre-purchase activities through...
– BANGKOK – Thailand’s central bank held its benchmark interest rate near a record low, spurning the government’s call for policy easing as it painted a...
– BANGKOK – In most cases, the conviction of a Thai man trafficking rhino horns through a bizarre scheme that involved hiring prostitutes to pose as...
– BANGKOK – Thai companies have accumulated a record $34 billion in cash, prompting some investors to demand companies from oil producers to food suppliers consider...
– LONDON – The British pound was under pressure Tuesday after Bank of England Governor Mark Carney reined back market expectations that the bank would soon...