Around 2400 BCE, the Sumerian city-states of Lagash and Umma went to war over irrigation water. Lagash diverted canals feeding Umma’s fields, sparking one of the first documented conflicts over a ...

A new Oxfam report reveals sharp disparities in national income in Pakistan, with the top 10 per cent holding 42 per cent.

Report highlights uneven patterns of economic growth driven by widening wealth disparity, climate change and the digital ...

Traveling to Kuala Lumpur last week, I was filled with excitement for the handover of the chairship of ASEAN from Malaysia to the Philippines.

OVER my three decades of professional life, I have always chosen a job, not solely for the pay, but for the sense of purpose, ...

Every week, new Facebook pages appear across Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands promising easy money, fast profits, and ...

ADB has approved a $30 million grant to deliver high-quality primary and secondary education for students in Kiribati.

Once again young people have taken to the streets to voice long festering frustrations. Corruption, inequality, privilege for ...

In January - October, more than 121,000 Vietnamese workers were sent abroad for employment, or 93.2% of the year’s target.

Asia is caught in a developmental dilemma. Characterised by rapid wealth creation on one hand and persistent socio-economic ...

One Nation, One Election (ONOE) has become a sharp point of political debate in India. Dissenting voices frame it as a threat ...

More than 400 government officials, diplomats, experts from various fields, and enterprise and media representatives from 44 ...