Indonesia is one of the founding members of ASEAN and long served as its de facto leader, playing a crucial role in mediating regional crises. Analysts warned that its leadership in the group on the ...

Taking on volunteer roles with free accommodation, using loyalty schemes and travelling on long-distance buses are among the ...

Before the pandemic, tourism to North Korea was a significant industry, with Chinese visitors making up about 90% of all ...

Despite having a range of evidence-based HIV prevention tools, the world saw 1.3 million new people getting diagnosed with HIV in 2023. This is over three times more new infections than what was ...

France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and accompanying warships are in the Philippines after holding combat drills with ...

Subic in Zambales became an international marathon destination this February as some 3,000 runners from the Philippines and ...

Japan is planning to step up its imports of U.S. natural gas by potentially taking a stake in a $44-billion LNG project in Alaska—and it is not the only Asian energy importer to consider boosting U.S.

Wildlife trafficking is the fourth-largest source of illicit revenue globally after drugs, human smuggling and counterfeit ...

Around the world, progressive parties have come to see tight immigration restrictions as unnecessary, even cruel. What if ...

The “total fertility rate” is a coarse estimate of the number of children an average woman will bear. A population will be ...