Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will leave here on Friday for Laos to conduct an official visit there and attend the Third Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit, said a press release from the governm…

Map of the 20 largest metropolitan areas, from Wikipedia

I did the important rivers of Asia a few posts ago. Today, I got into a discussion about the population of various cities around the world - and guess what? An idea for a list.

However, it’s not an easy answer to the question of what are the ten largest cities in the world. One answer could be to define it as the population of the

Middle East investors tapping into South East Asia’s property markets are turning increasing attention to countries such as Indonesia and Vietnam, say the organisers of Cityscape Asia, part of the wor…

The US Tuesday launched Asia’s first avian influenza combat depot in Thailand to supply emergency kits to fight new outbreaks in the region of the H5N1 virus that has killed at least 235 people worldwide.