The 12th Asia-Europe Finance Ministers' Meeting was held in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, on Friday, which called for increased connectivity between the two continents.
Brunei is set to host the Second Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit in August with the support of the Australian government, local daily the Brunei Times reported Tuesday.
The Shangri-La Dialogue starts on Friday and finishes on Sunday.
The Bank of East Asia has revealed plans to lay off 180 Hong Kong staff following “a thorough review of its businesses and operations”.
India is looking to boost its Act East Policy even as southeast Asia struggles to cope with festering maritime disputes in the region. While defence minister Manohar Parrikar will look to expound on how India views the regional security situation at the Shangri La Dialogue later this week, PM Narendra Modi is also hoping to host his Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong in September this year.
The Belt and Road Initiative is an existing trend which will benefit the development of Southeast Asia and South Asia with more Chinese investment pouring in these regions, said Gordon Flake, Director of Perth USAsia Center.
Scanning a bank statement into a computer may not sound particularly high-tech, but it's unsettling some of Asia's private bankers.
Mainland and Hong Kong police have arrested 2,943 illegal immigrants in a joint operation to crack down on growing human smuggling, the Ministry of Public Security said Wednesday.
Japan's new controversial security laws took effect Tuesday, marking an overhaul of the country's exclusively defensive defense posture in the last seven decades.
New Zealanders are feeling more connected to Asia despite rising concerns over the effect of Asian investment on areas such as house prices, according to a major annual survey out Wednesday.
Boao Forum for Asia is expected to help Australia make vital connections in Asia so that Australia can participate in its growth, Australian Minister for Tourism and International Education Richard Colbeck told Xinhua on Sunday.
The Asia-Pacific region "continues to be the most disaster prone part of the world in 2015" and needs a risk-sensitive development approach, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said here Thursday.
Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP, South-east Asia's largest law firm, reckons the region's rising bond defaults will inflict as much pain on creditors as the financial crises of 2008 and 1998.
The United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Tuesday issued a joint statement following a special leaders summit in California, outlining key principles that they say will guide their cooperation.
Experts this week welcomed Cambodia's membership to the nascent China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), saying it would provide much-needed diversity of funding for the nation's infrastructure and connectivity needs, a local newspaper reported Wednesday.
The region in the year of 2016 will brace for growing economic opportunities, China's bigger role and the uncertain security environment.
Soegeng Rahardjo, the ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to China delivered a keynote speech at the 2nd ASEAN development forum which is held by the Asia Pacific Daily in Hong Kong on Dec 14th.
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