Travel & Leisure
Thai hotels bet on expansion and recovery from COVID this year
Major chains are adding rooms and building resorts despite Ukraine war impact
Maldives
International relations
India offers carrots to 'pro-China' neighbors Sri Lanka, Nepal
Political instability in South Asia opens diplomatic doors for New Delhi
International relations
Maldives scrambles to silence anti-India campaign
Bill in parliament looks to 'criminalize' acts that harm foreign relations
Belt and Road
China presses economic buttons to deepen Indian Ocean clout
Wang Yi's tour of Sri Lanka, Maldives and others sends message to India and U.S.
Politics
Maldives ex-leader Yameen, who courted China, wins graft appeal
Ruling opens door for former president to return to politics
International relations
Russian tourists make big splash in the Maldives
Island nation's gamble to open despite pandemic could draw near-record visitors
Politics
Hate crime bill widens Islamic divisions in the Maldives
'Irreligious' or not? Debate splits ruling party, fuels instability in South Asia
Politics
Murder attempt on Maldives ex-president reveals rising radicalism
Government probes attack as Islam extremists continue to sow strife in country
Terrorism
Maldives ex-president Nasheed in critical condition after bomb blast
Police treat the incident as a terrorist attack
International relations
Beijing expands Indian Ocean FTAs westward with Mauritius
Concern among small island nations over huge trade imbalances with China
Asia Insight
India and China compete over Indian Ocean debt-relief diplomacy
Sri Lanka and Maldives seek bailouts as Asian giants dangle dollars to gain edge
Indo-Pacific
US counters China in Sri Lanka and Maldives by driving a wedge
Pompeo announces opening of Male embassy and calls Communist Party a 'predator'
Interview
Western tourists shrug off COVID fears to play in the Maldives
Sunseekers stay longer, unhappy with pandemic response at home, minister says
Politics
Maldives ex-vice president sentenced to 20 years for corruption
Charges linked to leasing tropical islands for hotel development
International relations
India on board with US-Maldives alliance to counter China
Delhi's ground-leveling move sets up new Great Game in South Asia
Belt and Road
China debt trap fear haunts Maldives government
Beijing reminds Male of sovereign guarantee on a private resort deal
International relations
Maldives tests waters by opening resorts to COVID-weary tourists
No quarantine and free 30-day visas to greet visitors from July 15
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
International relations
India sends hydroxychloroquine to Africa in war on coronavirus
Aid initiative to fill pandemic leadership failings of China and the US