The implications of the FTX collapse for North Korea
Commercial Earlier this month, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, FTX, crashed. While the sudden implosion of FTX sent shock waves across the cryptocurrency industry, its demise also has…
Is the United States ready to expand its strategic economic footprint in Southeast Asia?
pacific money | Economy | Southeast Asia During her recent visit to the Philippines, Vice President Kamala Harris indicated that the United States is ready to intensify its economic participation…
Kazakhstan President Tokayev calls for return of assets
Commercial In his inauguration speech on November 26, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stressed the government’s willingness to repatriate all assets that were stripped from the country in the past, a…
The reality of Vietnam’s energy transition
The Vinh Tan Thermal Power Station in Binh Thuan Province, Vietnam. Credit: Depositphotos Commercial Earlier this fall, US climate envoy John Kerry shined a stand out on Vietnam, urging the…
The reason behind the US-ASEAN electric vehicle initiative
A Tesla Model S electric vehicle is displayed during an exhibition in Zhengzhou city, Henan province, China, 4 November 2018. Credit: Depositphotos Commercial As a Follow up to what President…
Australia’s ANZ bank pulls out of Myanmar due to post-coup turmoil
ASEAN Pace | Economy | Southeast Asia The bank, which was granted a banking license in Myanmar in 2014, said it would pull out due to the “increasing operational complexity”…
China’s anti-virus brakes raise fears of a global economic shock
Commercial More than 253,000 coronavirus cases have been found in China in the past three weeks and the daily average is rising, the government said Tuesday, increasing pressure on officials…
Government-opposition confrontation looms in Bangladesh
Commercial On October 8 this year, the senior leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Amanullah Aman, announced at a public rally in Dhaka that the BNP would rule the…
Historical depreciation of the Japanese yen
Commercial Amid global inflation, the Japanese yen has been weakening throughout the year. At the beginning of 2021, the yen was 104 to the US dollar. In March 2022, the…
A new toolkit from the Belt and Road initiative
Commercial The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers from around the world to elicit their diverse views on US policy in Asia.…