The U.S. Secretary of State wants to bolster defense ties in the Indo-Pacific, while distrust of Trump’s commitments to the region, particularly on economic issues, runs deep.

While U.S. and European companies have reduced their average dividend payouts over the past decade, Asian corporates have maintained consistent payout ratios, reflecting the region’s improving balance sheets,

Beijing has repeatedly accused the Philippines of being in a pawn in U.S. efforts to contain China's rise and touted bilateral dialogue with its neighbor as the only solution to their territorial dispute.

Taiwan's annual military exercise, Han Kuang, kicked off this week as part of the island's defense drills preparing for a hypothetical China invasion; Seoul has returned six North Koreans to their home country,

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Southeast Asian nations to uphold “peace, cooperation, openness and inclusiveness” at a meeting with ASEAN counterparts in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, as the region faces sweeping new U.

Asia stock markets trade mixed on Wednesday, amid a modest drop in U.S. futures after U.S. President Trump escalated his global trade war by threatening a 50% tariff on copper and signaling upcoming levies on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals.

The PM will use his visit to China to focus on trade ties, while trying to avoid being dragged into growing geopolitical rivalry between Beijing and Washington.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the ASEAN Post-Ministerial conference in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, praised the role on the Indo-Pacific region in the upcoming semicentenary. "The story of the next 50 years will largely be written here in this region,

China’s falling producer prices and Southeast Asia’s slowing inflation reveal a deeper, transnational impact of Donald Trump’s trade policies

China will sign up to a Southeast Asian treaty banning nuclear weapons in the region as soon as all documentation is ready, Malaysia's foreign minister said on Thursday (July 10). The Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone,

Asian markets largely shrugged off Trump’s latest announcement of tariff rates on some of its trading partners, as the U.S. president also seemingly pushed the start date for new taxes to August 1. On Monday,