A new gold rush for a potential clean energy source
The team from the Geological Agency of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) took samples of natural hydrogen…
South Korea plans to speed up reforms to boost shareholder returns
A currency dealer monitors exchange rates in a trading room at KEB Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea. Jung Yeon-Je…
New consumer brands grab market share in China, South Korea: Bain & Co
Customers shop at a supermarket in Qingzhou city, East China’s Shandong province on Jan 12, 2024. Future Publishing | Future…
Factories in developing Asia may have seen the worst of manufacturing slump
A worker inside a bending and welding workshop for wind turbine towers at a CS Wind Corp. factory in Tan…
World’s most powerful passports in 2024: Japan, Singapore, France, Italy
Six countries have earned the title of the most powerful passports in 2024 — with all of them granting visa-free…
Who had it good — and who had it bad — in 2023
Curtis S. Chin, a former U.S. ambassador to the Asian Development Bank, is managing director of advisory firm RiverPeak Group.…
South Korea has a bedbug breakout, and locals are avoiding theaters
David Cooper | Toronto Star | Getty Images First it was Paris. Now it’s Seoul. South Korea has been gripped…
Parenting tips Singaporean mum learned from raising kids in Sweden
For the past nine years, Min, a Singaporean, has been traveling and working in various places — from South Korea…
Japan to release treated water into the ocean
Fisherman Haruo Ono’s fishing boats are pictured at Tsurushihama Fishing Port, Shinchi-machi of Fukushima Prefecture, some 60 kms north of…
U.S. seeks to bring Japan and South Korea closer with eye on China
US President Joe Biden, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol pose for photos ahead…