Asia Insight
India's COVID second wave disrupts vaccine export plans
Asia faces shortage as world's biggest jab producer still battles outbreak at home
Economy
Trade
India mends Nepal ties with transit of Bangladeshi fertilizer
New Delhi improves regional connectivity as it normalizes neighbor relations
Coronavirus
Vaccine diplomacy: Indian supplies reach Bangladesh and Nepal
New Delhi's aid shipments come amid China's own COVID outreach to the region
International relations
Nepal ruling party split over US aid threat to China relations
US Indo-Pacific Strategy grinds against China's Belt and Road Initiative
Coronavirus
Modi buried under avalanche of COVID-19 cases and 120m jobless
India struggles as slumping economy takes another hit from spreading pandemic
Coronavirus
Coronavirus wrecks South Asian migrant livelihoods in Middle East
Some 900,000 stranded workers to test health care systems and economies
Coronavirus: Free to read
Coronavirus: Week of Mar. 28 to Apr. 4, Indonesia now has more deaths than South Korea
Singapore to close most of its workplaces
Coronavirus
Empty hotels in Sri Lanka and Nepal point to lengthy economic hit
Coronavirus threatens South Asia's vital tourism industry
Politics
Nepali lawmakers push marijuana legalization
Ruling Communist Party sees export opportunities in medical demand
Coronavirus
Nepal airport project faces delay due to coronavirus
Shortage of Chinese engineers threatens to hold up dams and other infrastructure
Japan immigration
Japan intensifies crackdown on student visa overstayers
Number of countries subject to stricter checks to increase tenfold
Economy
Nepal's new airport threatens 2.4m trees, angering greens
Government pushes on with $1.3bn project to handle flood of foreign tourists
Opinion
Asia's economies must learn to accommodate rise of robots
Technology can complement humans but it can also eliminate their jobs
Coronavirus
Coronavirus fears freeze Belt and Road projects in Pakistan
Opposition politicians slam government for not evacuating citizens from Wuhan
International relations
Sri Lanka faces EU ire after government breaks UN war obligations
Rajapaksa's stance risks country losing favored trade status with European bloc
Belt and Road
Beijing-backed Pakistan port opens as hub for Afghanistan trade
Gwadar challenges Indian interests in region, but China's ROI remains unclear
Interview
Belt and Road corridor to boost Pakistan economy: minister
Azhar says free trade agreement with Beijing will also help
Opinion
2020 look ahead: Politics and protectionism to dominate Indian economy
Slowing growth needs corporate kick-start, but Modi only offers distractions
Photos
2019 in pictures: Looking back at a year of celebrations, confrontations and more
A selection of striking images from across Asia, and the stories behind them
