Asia Pacific

Officials in Thailand’s Finance Ministry last week prepared a speech for their minister, Sommai Phasee, saying their country was ready for the creation of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) next year, which will include all 10 countries of Southeast

A special investigation team for India’s Supreme Court has found that 339 Indians have evaded taxes by between them stashing the equivalent of $761 million in accounts of the Geneva branch of the HSBC.

The Indian government is considering a nationwide ban on the San Francisco-based online car service Uber after a driver allegedly raped a female tax consulting firm executive going home from a party.

China’s Foreign Ministry is reporting that it is making headway with Washington on an agreement for dealing with corrupt Chinese officials who have sought sanctuary in the United States.

Malaysia’s AirAsia has been named the “world’s leading low-cost airline” for the second year running. The prize by the World Travel Awards is considered by some to be the Oscars of the air travel industry.

Opium production in Burma, also known as Myanmar, fell by nearly a quarter this year, according to a new United Nations report.

Japan needs to hire thousands of foreign skilled construction and technological workers as it prepares for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Canada has been bumped from its established position as the worst-performing developed country in taking action to counter the effects of climate change.

Come the new year, China intends to have up and running its Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which aims to embellish Beijing’s charm offensive among neighbouring countries and to offer a direct challenge to the United States-led international financial institutions created in the wake of the Second World War.

Rise of China, U.S. economic recovery gives new hope to sector