Singapore has been identified as the most expensive city in the Asia-Pacific region to outfit an office, primarily due to increased labor costs, contractor shortages, and stringent building standards.

HSBC Asia-Pacific chairman Peter Wong Tung-shun has suggested creating an 'IPO connect' scheme in the Greater Bay Area to allow mainland Chinese and Hong Kong investors to participate in new listings across the border.

TDK opens its fifth regional headquarters in Asia-Pacific with a new business entity in India  Taiwan News

Asia-Pacific visit is part of effort by prime minister to counter Donald Trump’s ‘rupture’ of global order

Asia-Pacific markets were poised to open higher on Thursday, tracking Wall Street gains as strong earnings from Nvidia and Oracle lifted investor sentiment.

Mark Carney coming to Australia as part of Pacific diplomatic tour. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser with the main action. Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, will travel to Australia early next month as part of a broader Asia-Pacific tour aimed at diversifying trade links amid ongoing tariff turbulence from th...

Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher, shrugging off concerns after U.S. President Donald Trump said he will increase global tariffs to 15% from 10%.

The Asia-Pacific region is projected to miss 103 out of 117 measurable Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets by 2030, indicating a significant shortfall in achieving global development objectives.

Abacus Worldwide has announced the appointment of Tiat Jin Ooi as its new APAC regional director. This move aims to strengthen the organization's leadership in the Asia-Pacific region.

President Lee Jae Myung is set to wrap up his trip to Singapore and fly to Manila for summit talks with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday to discuss ways to expand bilateral cooperation. It will mark Lee's second summit with Marcos following their first meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in late October. The two leaders are expected to explore ways to deepen cooperation in the defense industry, infrastructure and trade, as well as in promi

Hong Kong employees are the least happy among eight Asia-Pacific economies, including Singapore, with only 47 per cent of local workers reporting that they felt happy at work, a leading job recruitment platform has found. On Friday, Jobsdb released its survey of 1,020 local workers, which also found that 44 per cent of local respondents reported burnout at work and about 66 per cent were dissatisfied with their stress levels. Hong Kong’s workplace happiness ranked the lowest among the eight...

HBX Group and Traveloka have expanded their strategic partnership to deepen supply in the Asia-Pacific region and accelerate global distribution.

Newly floor-crossing MP Matt Jeneroux, formerly a Conservative, will accompany Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on an upcoming diplomatic trip to India, Australia, and Japan.

Capital Group has introduced a stand-alone voting policy for South Korea, signaling a more tailored governance approach in one of its key Asian markets, industry sources said Monday. The move marks the first time the US-based active asset manager has adopted a country-specific stewardship framework for Korea, adding to its broader Asia-Pacific policy covering Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India and Australia. The new guidelines appear calibrated to Korean companies’ ownership structure, parti

China’s push to sell its J-35 fifth generation fighter jet in the Asia-Pacific was likely to face stiff competition from US rival the F-35 as well as cheaper alternatives, military analysts said after the plane featured at this year’s Singapore Airshow. They said political and economic considerations apart from performance would weigh on potential buyers, and questioned how many countries would want to buy the Chinese plane. In Singapore this month, the booth operated by China National...

Hong Kong saw a strong start to 2026 with a 9.6% increase in visitor arrivals, coinciding with extensive celebrations for the Year of the Horse, which is also expected to boost the Asia-Pacific real estate market.

Asia-Pacific outlook darkens as tensions jolt markets  China Daily - Global Edition

President Lee Jae Myung was set to depart for Singapore on Sunday for a two-nation swing that also includes a visit to the Philippines to discuss ways to expand cooperation with the Southeast Asian nations. Lee will make a three-day state visit to Singapore for summit talks with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Monday, their second summit in three months after they last met during Wong's visit to South Korea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, where they upgraded bilateral ti

Using ‘China threat’ as pretext to strengthen military deployment in Asia-Pacific not conducive to regional stability, says Chinese FM on $12.6b Pentagon surveillance plan  Global Times

HBX Group and Traveloka are expanding their strategic partnership to deepen supply in the Asia-Pacific region and accelerate global distribution for travel services.

Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport has been recognised as Asia-Pacific's Best Airport for departures in the over 40-million passengers' category.

Hong Kong is hosting the Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE) Conference and Exhibition, a major event in global higher education.

Reports indicate a significant increase in the construction of battery manufacturing plants across the Asia-Pacific region, driven by growing demand.