Asia Pacific

Investment in Australia’s large-scale renewable energy projects shrank by 88% last year amid a political stalemate over objectives for the sector.

The good news is that Myanmar, also known as Burma, is going to start paying pensions as part of the government’s “strategic social protection plan.” The bad news is that state pensions may be restricted to people over 100 years old.

One of the more strange spin-offs from Russia’s absorption of Crimea last year is that Cambodia has gained a music festival.

The Royal New Zealand Navy is facing criticism from opposition politicians for having to call off the pursuit of three illegal fishing boats because its offshore patrol ship, HMNZS Wellington, was running low on fuel.

The government of Laos plans to increase the minimum wage in an effort to attract hundreds of thousands of migrant workers home from neighbouring countries, especially Thailand ...

Beijing and Washington are approaching an agreement by which United States law enforcement agencies will assist China to catch fugitive corrupt officials.

After scrapping the controversial Immigrant Investor Program (IPP) one year ago, the federal government has...

Hotels, golf courses, resorts and small businesses now on the radar of foreign buyers, mostly from China

The unexpected victory by opposition leader Maithripala Sirisena in Sri Lanka’s presidential election will see a realignment of the country’s economic and diplomatic relations towards India, Europe and North America, and away from China.

Urbanspoon, a restaurant review and search app that is popular in Canada, the United States and Australia, has been sold to...