Yun Sun and Jagannath Panda discuss China and India’s battle for influence and power projection across South Asia.

It has already left too many scars. When the world changes, what will be next? For South Asia, which has not really been the focus just yet, what will the future be? Since at least the early 1940s ...

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2025—Amid increasing uncertainty in the global economy, South Asia’s growth prospects have weakened, with projections downgraded in most countries in the region. Stepping up ...

Cyber crime syndicates that run multi-billion-dollar scam operations across Southeast Asia are still expanding despite recent ...

Cannes winner Payal Kapadia joins South Asian documentary collective for pioneering film lab initiative in Delhi.

If any grouping can now claim to unite big non-Western countries, it is the BRICS. At first the bloc included only Brazil, ...

We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our ...

The creative producing lab, scheduled for Sept. 1-5, in Delhi, aims to nurture documentary filmmaking talent from South Asia through an intensive peer-driven mentorship program. The initiative ...

When he sees clean sidewalks, the non-tobacco-chewing Indian in him sighs, and when he sees the hotel rates in South-East Asia, the Taj Inner Circle member in him sighs. Bertie cannot do much ...

IN 2024, several deals in South-east Asia’s consumer space raised eyebrows, like the US$1.2 billion acquisition of Indonesia’s Yupi Indo Jelly Gum by Affinity Equity Partners. If that wasn’t enough to ...