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3 days ago · The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
1 day ago · SINGAPORE – Only one company braved a listing here in the first half of 2024, making Singapore the worst-performing market in South-east Asia for initial public offerings (IPO). The dismal ...
20 hours ago · BEIJING: Chinese officials raced on Saturday (Jul 6) to stem floods caused by a dam breach in central China, state media reported, as the Asian nation grapples with a summer of extreme weather.
20 hours ago · ST PHOTO: AW CHENG WEI. A ticket for the sleeper service from Beijing to Hong Kong on June 21 cost 1,170 yuan (S$220). Plane tickets cost between 1,800 and 2,500 yuan for one way that weekend ...
20 hours ago · Alpha Southeast Asia was established in August 2006 and for almost eighteen years now, is the first and only institutional investment magazine focused on Southeast Asia ( Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam ). Across four issues published every year, we produce articles on Southeast Asia for Europe and US-based ...
2 days ago · Asia - Ethnic Groups, Diversity, Cultures: The two primary prehistoric centres from which migrations of modern human populations over the continent took place were Southwest Asia and a region comprising the Mongolian plateaus and North China. From prehistoric to historic times, possibly beginning as early as 60,000 years ago, movements from Southwest Asia continued toward Europe and into ...
2 days ago · Multiple cultural regions. Asia's various modern cultural and religious spheres correspond roughly with the principal centers of civilization. West Asia (or Southwest Asia as Ian Morrison puts it, or sometimes referred to as the Middle East) has their cultural roots in the pioneering civilizations of the Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia, spawning the Persian, Arab, Ottoman empires, as well as ...
