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A consortium of 15 international telecommunications companies have agreed to install a 20,000 km system of cables running under the sea from Singapore to France, across 17 countries.

Despite political tensions between Japan and its East Asian neighbors, China and South Korea, officials from each of the three countries set aside their differences as they engaged in the fourth round of trilateral FTA talks in Seoul this week.

As the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) began to contract in China, manufacturing opportunities in the broader Asian region continue to become more enticing.

The administration of social insurance can be a complicated and confusing process for employers with operations in multiple countries. In this article, we explore social insurance in China, Hong Kong, India, Singapore and Vietnam to help clarify the key components of compliance across Asia.

As Asian consumers become more wealthy, so will a desire to display regional influences in how the fashion-conscious present themselves, with Indonesia leading the way.

In the first week of February, a Chinese working group submitted a five-year trade and economic planning cooperation proposal to the Indian government, offering to finance as much as 30 percent of the US$1 trillion targeted investment in infrastructure during India’s 12th Five-Year Plan.

The principle issues surrounding Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) development, protection and enforcement are essential to all aspects of your ASEAN business. Your IPR strategy should be considered one of the main pillars of your business, not unlike your business strategy or HR strategy.

At a summit celebrating the 20th anniversary of NAFTA this week, the leaders of Canada, Mexico and the United States have vowed to continue pushing for the successful conclusion of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations this year.

The Philippines is setting its sights on becoming the world’s second largest gaming market, as the Entertainment City complex in Manila, owned by state-run agency Philippines Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), continues to develop.

For several years now, multinational companies with operations in one or more Asian countries have begun transitioning to an outsourced model for handling their payroll and HR administration. While already well-established in the U.S. and the UK, the cost-benefit of outsourcing is significantly less clear-cut in Asia.