Data gaps persist and leave some of the most vulnerable populations invisible in official statistics, limiting policymakers' ability to address their needs effectively across Asia and the Pacific, ...

There are 9.2 million people of concern to UNHCR across Asia and the Pacific, including 4.4 million refugees and asylum-seekers, 3.3 million internally displaced people and 2.3 million stateless ...

Papua New Guinea surfed a sea of crises in 2024, including riots, increased violence, political instability and a flailing economy. While these challenges will continue to plague Papua New Guinea in ...

It serves as part of a regular series looking at key signals from across the Pacific region. What is horizon scanning? Horizon scanning identifies trends and weak signals of potentially significant ...

South Korea, or the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a Northeast Asian power with a global presence, yet its geopolitical influence in Southeast Asia is rarely ... the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

From the end of the Cold War until recently, US influence in Southeast Asia was huge. Now, with the rise of China, the region is entering a new era as it tackles issues of good governance, political ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Southeast Asia's only nuclear power plant, completed four decades ago in Bataan, about 40 miles from the Philippine capital Manila, was built in the 1970s but left idle ...

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a free trade agreement among fifteen countries in the Asia-Pacific region. China is a key member of RCEP, giving it the upper hand in ...

out of about US$20 billion for the Asia-Pacific region as a whole, data from Preqin shows. Only 122 AI funding deals have taken place in the region in 2024, versus the Asia-Pacific total of 1,845.

In China, children receive red envelopes as blessings from their relatives. In Southeast Asia, dragon dances, believed to bring good luck, prosperity and rain, are held in the streets — and ...

Nature Research Intelligence gives you a greater focus on real-world impact, enabling you to find the most effective strategies and collaborations to deliver maximum benefit from your research ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Google Maps will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on ...