East Asia

East Asia

A view of the city skyline in Shanghai, China February 24, 2022. Picture taken February 24, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Aly Song//File Photo

World Bank lifts China 2025 GDP forecast to 4.8% ahead of a slowdown next year

Publishing its biannual economic outlook for East Asia and the Pacific region on Tuesday, the World Bank said it now expected China to grow 4.2% next year, after forecasting in April growth of 4.0%...

FILE PHOTO: 5th and 8th Air Wing of Japan Air Self-Defense Force's F-15 and F-2 fighters hold a joint military drill with U.S. Marine Aircraft Group 12's F-35B fighters off Japan's southernmost main island of Kyushu, Japan, in this handout picture taken by Japan Air Self-Defence Force and released by the Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan October 4, 2022. Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan/HANDOUT via REUTERS

Analysis: Japan rushes to rearm with eye on 2027 - and China's Taiwan ambitions

A participant stands near a logo of World Bank at the International Monetary Fund - World Bank Annual Meeting 2018 in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, October 12, 2018. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo/

World Bank cuts 2022 East Asia growth outlook, cites China slowdown

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during his press conference, after the parliament re-elected him as prime minister following an election victory last month by his ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in Kantei, Japan November 10, 2021. Photo :Reuters

Ukraine plight could be replicated in East Asia, Japan's Kishida warns

People cross a street during morning rush hour in front of the skyline of the central business district (CBD) in Beijing, China December 15, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

World Bank cuts East Asia's 2022 GDP forecast on Ukraine war

Labourers at a construction site in Shanghai, China. Picture taken July 12, 2021. Photo :Reuters

World Bank says Delta variant slowing economic growth in East Asia and Pacific

Residents on a rescue boat are evacuated from their flooded houses following Typhoon Vamco, in Rizal Province, Philippines, November 12, 2020. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David/File Photo

More cyclones than usual forecast for east Asia by September

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds a joint news conference with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas in Berlin, Germany, February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

Senior Chinese diplomat visits Japan amid regional tensions

Governments called for intervention to protect vulnerable children

Governments called for intervention to protect vulnerable children

The benchmarks for the key tactics undertaken by countries worldwide — the “3Ts” (“testing, tracing, treatment”) — are represented by the democratic East Asian nations. Photo: Reuters

How East Asia beat the West in tackling Covid-19

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will host South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for the meeting in Chengdu on Tuesday.

China, South Korea and Japan leaders to discuss North Korea tensions

US State Department approves possible $2.2 billion arms sale to Taiwan

US State Department approves possible $2.2 billion arms sale to Taiwan