A fruit vendor sorts watermelon at a wholesale market in Yangon. Photo: AFP
06 November 2022
China’s strict Zero-Covid lockdowns imposed on China-Myanmar border towns has wrecked...
A man (L) wearing protective gear sits on the street at an area which was recently under lockdown for Coronavirus, in Shanghai, China, 16 October 2022. Photo: EPA
28 October 2022
China's "sharp and uncharacteristic" economic slowdown is expected to drag on growth...
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at a press conference introducing the new members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the 20th Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Central Committee at the Great Hall of People in Beijing, China, 23 October 2022. Photo: EPA
26 October 2022
China's yuan hit a 15-year low against the US dollar on Tuesday, with investors spooked...
Fighter jets from the Myanmar Air Force drop bombs on targets during 'Sin Phyu Shin' joint military exercises in Ayeyarwaddy delta region, Myanmar, 02 February 2018. Photo: EPA
26 October 2022
Following the Myanmar junta airstrike on a concert in Kachin state that killed at least...
21 October 2022
Thailand's telecom regulator on Thursday approved the merger of Telenor's Thai arm and a...
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the meeting in expanded format of the 22nd Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Heads of State Council (SCO-HSC) Summit, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 16 September 2022. Photo: EPA
16 October 2022
As China's leaders gather for a crucial party congress, the country is expected on...
Vegetable vendors wait for customers at a local market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 25 August 2022. Photo: EPA
01 October 2022
Sri Lanka's inflation rate hit nearly 70 percent in September for a 12th consecutive...
Brent Neiman. Photo: Flickr
21 September 2022
The "enormous scale" of Chinese lending to developing nations makes it critical Beijing...
 The construction site of an Evergrande housing complex is seen in Zhumadian, China. Photo: AFP
12 August 2022
Newly married and with his first child on the way, auto worker Wang wanted to move into...
A general view shows the aftermath of a landslide at a jade mine near Hpakant, Kachin state on March 1, 2022. Photo: AFP
11 August 2022
NGO Global Witness warns in a new report that “illegal” rare earth mining in Myanmar is...
Bangladeshis queue at a gas station in Dhaka after government has increased fuel oil price in Bangladesh on August 5, 2022. Photo: Munir uz zaman/AFP
07 August 2022
Thousands of Bangladeshis besieged fuel stations across the country after the government...
This picture taken on June 30, 2022 shows palm oil trees at a plantation in Ijok, in Malaysia's Selangor state. Photo: AFP
28 July 2022
Overripe palm oil fruits hang untouched in trees while others lie rotting scattered...

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