Taiwan has claimed the top spot as the happiest nation in East Asia, according to Gallup’s World Happiness Report 2025. The island nation ranked 27th globally and outperformed its neighbors, such as ...

147 countries were analyzed in this year's report. In 2024, Taiwan came in at 31st, but this year, the island overtook Singapore as the happiest country in East Asia. Finland—for the eighth cons ...

That funding will instead be ploughed into programs in the Pacific and South-East Asia which Australia funds directly, in an effort aimed at helping those countries deal with the looming US cuts ...

Abdullah, affectionately known as Pak Lah, passed away in Kuala Lumpur on Monday at the age of 85. He was laid to rest with ...

And the timing couldn't be better for Xi, who is trying to court as many countries as possible to ... undermine US credibility and trust in South-East Asia, and Xi will obviously capitalise ...

But there’s a neighboring destination that’s one-upping it in terms of growth: Vietnam now ranks as the third-most-visited country in South-East Asia, with 17.5 million international arrivals ...

BANGKOK – Chinese President Xi Jinping embarks on his first overseas trip of the year with an opportunity to make a case that Beijing is the dependable major power its closest neighbours can ...

Asean countries ... South Korea hold combined net foreign exchange reserves and assets of about US$10 trillion, which present ample opportunity for Asean members to tap the funds in East Asia ...

Singapore is also a stronghold for the straw-headed bulbul, a songbird poached to near extinction in other countries in South-east Asia. NParks also conducts long-term monitoring of ecosystems and ...

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is touring Southeast Asia to strengthen trade relationships and present China as a stable partner ...

HANOI (Bernama-VNA): Vietnam has been ranked the second happiest country in Southeast Asia, behind only Singapore, according to the 2025 World Happiness Report released that has been released to ...