Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s multilingual capabilities and open-source nature serve as an attractive alternative for users in Southeast Asia, but its true potential can only be realised if ...

SINGAPORE -- Southeast Asia's startup funding in 2024 dropped for the third consecutive year, falling to a fifth of the peak it recorded in 2021, with investors anticipating greater uncertainties ...

Kurlantzick contends that the White House has focused too much on the countries of mainland Southeast Asia, at the expense of attention to the countries of peninsular Southeast Asia—Indonesia ...

During Donald Trump’s first presidency, U.S.-Southeast Asia relations were characterized by a predominantly transactional framework, prioritizing trade negotiations, security cooperation ...

In May 2018, the Council on Foreign Relations’ Southeast Asia program convened a workshop to examine the direction of the U.S.-Southeast Asia relationship from the present to 2030. The workshop ...

China regards Southeast Asia as its periphery and seeks to shape the region to reflect its preferences. Beijing aims to dominate the region by establishing a Sino-centric hierarchy and regional order.

Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest economy, welcomed 13.9 million foreign tourists in 2024, marking a 19% year-on-year increase and the highest figure over the past five years. However, this number ...

The problem is that Southeast Asia’s scamming epidemic is a parasitic outgrowth of structural features of the region’s political economy. Without a fundamental change in this regard or a ...

Thailand has reclaimed its title as the most visited country in Southeast Asia by getting 35.5 million foreign visitors in 2024 after losing the crown to Malaysia in 2023. Malaysia was second with 25 ...

But it's not called the 'insular peninsula' for nothing. This particular ultra-rich set likes to operate under a veil of secrecy. You won't hear about their mammoth property settlements for months.

Research on Southeast Asia includes work on Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Indonesia. From the end of the Cold War until recently, US influence in Southeast Asia was huge. Now, with ...

LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) — Southeast Asian foreign ministers gathered Sunday for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc's new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar ...