Economy

Governments come and go, but Pakistan's economic woes – and its love/hate relationship with the IMF – remain constant.

The Asian Development Bank’s plan calls for improving long-term food security by strengthening farming and food supplies to cope with climate change and loss of biodiversity.

The consistency and reliability of Asian buyers of Russian oil, LNG, and coal are the most important factor granting Moscow strategic space in the face of Western mobilization.

Insights from Aynne Kokas.

The country's four largest meth seizures on record have come over the past 15 months – striking evidence of the scale of the recent Mekong drug production boom.

Although Bangladesh’s situation is nowhere nearly as severe as Sri Lanka's, it faces similar troubles: excessive spending, corruption and cronyism, and a weakening trade balance.

It could. But past experience underscores the importance of Pakistan and Barrick Gold being transparent on the terms of the deal they struck.

The ADB cut its estimate for growth in Asia’s developing economies to 4.3 percent, down from an earlier forecast of 5.2 percent. But the slowdown is not evenly distributed.

The EV provisions of the IRA are seen by South Korea as both a violation of trade rules and contrary to the deepening economic partnership between the two countries.

It has promised to pay $200 million to four Chinese power producers but that is just a fraction of the money owed to China.

Despite some superficial similarities, the production and distribution of energy is structured quite differently in the two countries.

The country is aiming to attract more than 30 million tourists in 2023, but its success may depend on the future of China's "zero-COVID" policy.