South Asia Facing Multiple Crisis

South Asia Facing Multiple Crisis

The World Bank says growth in South Asia, already uneven and fragile, will be slower than previously projected. While some countries experienced a solid rebound in GDP growth, it said Afghanistan faced a humanitarian crisis, Pakistan a political crisis, and Sri Lanka...
Makro Doubles its Presence in Cambodia

Makro Doubles its Presence in Cambodia

Siam Makro will open two more Makro shopping malls in Cambodia. Currently, Siam Makro owns one shopping mall in Phnom Penh and another in Krong Siem Reap, according to the foreign trade promotion office at the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh. Cambodia’s economy is...
China Now Top App Developer

China Now Top App Developer

China has overtaken the United States for the first time to dominate a new list of the top 52 app publishers around the globe. 17 Chinese companies are now listed on the annual Top 52 Publisher list released by data.ai. China’s top gaming and social media...
Rising Oil Prices Are Unsettling Asia

Rising Oil Prices Are Unsettling Asia

Surging gasoline prices are posing a problem for governments in Asia where higher energy prices are squeezing household budgets. South Korea has already taken steps to ensure a steady supply of the key fuel while tracking prices, Japan may soon hand aid to local...
South Korean Economy Facing Challenges

South Korean Economy Facing Challenges

Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki has stressed the need to run the economic policy in a delicate manner in a bid to pursue the harmonized operation with the monetary policy.”The South Korean economy faces complicated conditions at home and abroad that could constrain...
Sandwiched Between Powers

Sandwiched Between Powers

In the late 19th Century, France and Great Britain had Siam surrounded from Burma (Myanmar) to the West and French Indochina to the West (Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam). To the south was British Malaya (Malaysia). An eleven-week war with France in 1893 and considerable...