Gautam Adani, the richest Asian, hit by the stock market crash
Advertisement Asia’s richest man, Gautam Adani, saw his companies lose $68 billion in market value after short-selling firm Hindenburg Research accused him of “pulling the biggest scam in corporate history,”…
Cambodia shift to raise eyebrows over infrastructure projects
Advertisement Cambodia has rapidly transformed its economy since the end of its civil war nearly 25 years ago, but a series of recently announced infrastructure megaprojects to be built primarily…
The Philippine post-pandemic economy is booming
pacific money | Economy | Southeast Asia The country’s economy has recovered from its COVID-19 recession, registering a growth rate of 7.6 percent in 2022. Glassy buildings reflect a dramatic…
The myth of Doi Moi in Vietnam
Advertisement The conventional way of telling the story of Vietnam’s economic miracle since the 1980s goes something like this: Postwar Vietnam was one of the poorest countries in Asia and…
Source: Dutch and Japanese join US limits on chip technology for China
transpacific view | Economy | east asian The deal has yet to be formally announced, but a source told the AP that the United States, Japan and the Netherlands have…
Kazakhstan’s uranium industry and middle corridor unite
Advertisement The Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITLE), commonly known as the Middle Corridor, is going nuclear as the Kazakhstan National Atomic Company, kazatomprom, announced in december the delivery of natural…
India’s Adani Considers Suing US Short Seller as Stocks Plunge as Much as 20%
Advertisement Shares of India’s Adani Group plunged as much as 20 percent on Friday and the company said it was considering legal action against US short-selling firm Hindenburg Research over…
Iran-Pakistan border trade: thriving against all odds
Advertisement When Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met in Uzbekistan on September 15, 2022, on the sidelines of the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, things…
Opium cultivation surges in Myanmar amid post-coup crisis, UN says
Advertisement Opium cultivation in Myanmar rose by a third last year due to the country’s growing economic and political turmoil, sharply reversing a six-year decline, the United Nations said in…
Diversification is not enough to cure Europe’s economic dependence on China
Advertisement In the most recent document of the European Commission on the strategic dependencies of the EU, the term “diversification” appears no less than 28 times. It represents a key…