Asia-Pacific is the engine of the global economy and the main arena of US-China competition – the source of the world’s chips, the buyer of its commodities, and the swing factor in every supply chain. The Rio Times covers Asia through an emerging-market investor lens: the markets, currencies, trade policy, critical-materials leverage and the great-power contest that ripples straight into Latin America’s terms of trade. From China and India to Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia, this hub gathers our daily Asia-Pacific coverage and connects it to the wider Global South story.
South Korea's Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok submitted his resignation late Thursday, deepening the leadership crisis that began earlier when Acting...
May 2, 2025
China's Commerce Ministry announced Friday it is evaluating recent American outreach regarding tariff negotiations amid escalating commercial tensions....
May 2, 2025
China’s manufacturing sector shrank at its fastest pace in sixteen months in April according to official figures. Coverage and analysis...
May 1, 2025
South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy reported that April 2025 exports rose 3.7% year-on-year to $58.21 billion, marking...
May 1, 2025
The United States has launched a new effort to rebuild its shipbuilding industry by proposing a dual-use shipbuilding partnership with...
April 28, 2025
(Analysis) Beneath the shimmering skyline of Beijing, China’s economic miracle is unraveling. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), long the architect...
April 27, 2025
Apple will move all iPhone production for the US market from China to India by the end of 2026, according...
April 25, 2025
On April 25, 2025, Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged gunfire along the Line of Control, intensifying a crisis that began...
April 25, 2025
News agencies report that the April 22 attack in Pahalgam Kashmir killed 26 tourists with 25 Indians and one Nepali....
April 24, 2025