Central Asia – which includes the countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan – must be a strategic focus of American policy. The region offers a wealth of ...

HONG KONG – China is aiming to beef up physical education in schools, making it core to the curriculum rather than a secondary subject, the authorities said, as they push for a more “holistic ...

MANILA – The Philippine military said a “foreign power” could be attempting to map out the South-east Asian nation, following the arrest of a suspected Chinese spy last week and the recovery ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump's Asia team is taking shape, with a mixture of donors, military veterans and congressional staffers -- but not career diplomats -- assuming key positions ...

The Trump administration signals it will likely continue the B5+1 initiative started under the Biden administration to improve trade relations with Central Asia. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...

In 2024, Central Asia enjoyed economic growth and avoided conflicts despite the ongoing war in nearby Ukraine. The year was characterised by frequent meetings of the five presidents in the ...

Trump promised to impose tariffs of 60 percent on all Chinese exports and to boost the U.S. defense budget, focusing it more on Asia and possibly ... trade balances are central to Trump’s ...

SEOUL: South Korea's central bank said on Monday (Jan 20) it had slashed its 2025 growth forecast because of the political crisis triggered by President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law ...

ISLAMABAD -- In August 2021, Pakistan celebrated the takeover of Kabul by the Afghan Taliban. "Afghanistan has broken the shackles of slavery," said a jubilant Imran Khan, then prime minister of ...

As the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference started in San Francisco on Monday, AbbVie linked up with Simcere with a $1 billion deal for the Chinese biopharma's phase 1 T-cell engager. Later during ...