However, analysts warn that south-east Asian nations face continued uncertainty since the Trump administration has vowed to crack down on rerouting by threatening a 40 per cent tariff on any “transshipped” goods. It remains unclear how the US would define such goods.

It is clear that there has been a shift in Beijing’s perception of the Yellow Sea, and its new muscular stance is threatening Seoul’s economic and security interests. Republic of Korea Coast Guard vessel #3006 in company with U.S. Coast Guard cutter ...

When Lawrence Wong visited China on his first trip as Singapore’s prime minister in June, he delivered a warning: economic restrictions are futile in an interconnected world. The more one country imposes restrictions on others, Mr Wong said in Beijing ...

Since the 1990s, China’s defence white papers have outlined Beijing’s solutions to managing regional security challenges, such as former Chinese president Jiang Zemin’s new security concept and President Xi Jinping’s Global Security Initiative (GSI).

This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese development projects abroad. Find more stories here. Across the ...

Exports of South Korean instant noodles, or ramyeon, pushed past the US$1.5 billion (S$1.9 billion) mark for the first time in 2025, extending an 11-year run of growth, data showed on Jan 11.