Source link Thailand has come up with an idea for a Schengen-like zone in Southeast Asia to attract more high-spending tourists to the region, Bloomberg reported on Saturday. According to the report, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has pitched the idea to his counterparts in Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Vietnam, and the countries have […]
Source link Indonesia, the world’s fourth-most-populous country, is treading carefully between China and the US as it gathers strength By Timur Fomenko, a political analyst It is tempting to frame global geopolitics as a binary struggle between China and the US, as a competition between two economic giants, each of which has grown to see […]
Source link Exports of Russian coal to countries in Southeast Asia surged last year after supplies to the EU stopped amid Western sanctions on Moscow, Vedomosti business daily reported on Monday, citing data from energy analytics firm Kpler. South East Asia-bound deliveries of Russian coal, excluding China, jumped by 47% in 2023 and reached 13.1 […]
Source link Seoul’s intelligence agency has apparently suggested that Kim Jong-un’s daughter, Kim Ju-ae, will probably take over the reins South Korea’s intelligence agency has speculated that Kim Jong-un’s daughter, believed to be named Kim Ju-ae, is his likely successor as North Korean leader, Nikkei Asia has reported. Seoul’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) is said […]
Source link The US has managed to fuel conflict in Europe, but states further east aren’t as willing to play Washington’s game By Timofey Bordachev, Programme Director of the Valdai Club The formation of a new international order is inevitably accompanied by a conflict between the powers seeking to preserve their status and rivals whose development […]
Source link Shipments of crude to China and India have surged as Moscow redirects supplies from the EU Russia has sharply increased oil shipments to China and India this year, Nikolay Tokarev, the CEO of the Russian state-owned pipeline transport company Transneft, told the Rossiya24 broadcaster this week. Russia remained China’s top crude supplier in […]
Source link Russia is rerouting most of its exports from the EU to Asian countries, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said at a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Lan Foan, on Monday. In response to Western sanctions, Russia has been diversifying its foreign trade, including energy supplies. Moscow is now “at the stage of reorienting its […]
Source link Sanctioned Russian football is looking East and weighing its options as next year’s season approaches The Russian Football Union (RFU) is to make a decision on a possible switch from the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) by the end of December, according to the union’s president, […]
Source link Russia’s economic cooperation with Asian and African countries has continued to grow while trade with the European Union has declined, according to the latest report by the Federal Customs Service (FCS). Data released this week showed exports to Asia jumped to $226.6 billion in the first nine months of the year, up by […]
Source link Moscow has set out its plans for cooperation with key allies in the region for the next 15 years, Gazprom’s CEO has said Russia is seeking long-term cooperation in natural gas supplies with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, Gazprom CEO Aleksey Miller has revealed. Until recently, Russia’s dealings with its Central Asian allies could be […]