South Korea: The little dynamo that sneaked up on the world

When economist and member-secretary of Asian Development Research Institute, Patna, Shaibal Gupta got a call from the Union finance ministry inviting him to be a member of a committee, he had no clue that its purpose would be to redefine the term ...

China, Japan and South Korea are inching ahead with talks for a free trade zone that would rival the European Union and North America in economic heft. Despite the achievement of setting aside

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei Southeast Asian leaders were upbeat Thursday about progress made on an ambitious plan to weld the region into a European Union-style economic community as a counterweight to Asian powerhouse China, while efforts were ...

Economic concerns are set to top the 22nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations ( ASEAN) summit agenda hosted by Brunei, officials said here on Monday. Leaders of 10 ASEAN countries will gather on Wednesday to continue discussions on key economic ...

Bangladesh has proposed a common currency with other South Asian nations willing to join such a currency union. Ive proposed a common currency for those South Asian nations which are willing to join in ... it is doable even without other economic ...

Senior officials of the Association of South East Asian Nations and the European Union met in Ho Chi Minh City on May 14-15 to review and discuss measures to enhance bilateral cooperation, and prepared for a ministerial meeting slated for July in ...

, I could not fail to relish reading Luke Onyekakeyah's brilliant opinion piece titled, What the African Union should do at 50. However, he goofed up to blemish the piece. Inter alia, he wrote, Over the years, 21 other states have joined the ...

ASIAN stock markets were mixed yesterday following dour European economic data that dampened hopes of a recovery there anytime soon. However, losses were limited by another record session on Wall Street. The European Union statistics office said on ...

The US economy is currently enjoying some positive momentum in its underlying economy. Wealth creation factors in the labour market, the housing sector and the equity market have turned out to be relatively supportive for the economy, and private ...