Football isn’t just a sport in Asia—it’s a growing passion that stretches from the remote rice paddies of Southeast ... paddies at sunset, their dreams as vast as the fields they played ...

Southeast Asia could this year see the highest number of final investment decisions on gas projects in a decade, which could potentially boost output by 18%, according to Global Energy Monitor.

The Philippine government plans to sell some of its rice inventories at heavily subsidised prices in May as residents in the Asian archipelago turn out for midterm elections. The state-owned ...

At the same time, yield rocketed, with each seed yielding about thirty plants -- nearly ten times more than a conventional rice field. Using Jaspe in combination with a growing method called ...

Thai farmer Daeng Donsingha was already worried for her family of nine when rice prices crashed this year as the world’s second-largest exporter of the staple faced a resumption of Indian exports.

SINGAPORE and NEW YORK, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cocoon Capital, one of Southeast Asia's top-performing early-stage venture capital firms, today announced the first close of its third fund, ...

Japan limits tariff-free "minimum access" imports of staple rice to 100,000 tons a year under World Trade Organisation rules, or around 1 per cent of total consumption. ($1 = 143.6300 yen) Source ...

A cold, dry part of Chile might not sound like the best place to grow rice, a famously thirsty grain that thrives in tropical conditions. But a new strain of the world's favorite cereal developed ...

I couldn’t believe it,” said Nilani, wiping away her tears. From dusty fields to running against Asia’s best, Tharushi now trains under coach Buddhika Nuwan at Wickramabahu Central College, Gampola.

His death could pave the way for Luis Antonio Tagle to become the first pope from Asia, home to the world’s fastest-growing Catholic population. The former archbishop of Manila was once ...

A Bangladesh court granted bail to former Iskcon leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in a sedition case after his arrest sparked widespread outrage. The charges stemmed from the hoisting of a saffron flag ...

SEOUL: A teenage student stabbed at least four people, injuring three of them seriously, in a knife attack at a South Korean high school on Monday (Apr 28), police said. The attack happened at 8 ...