A massive four storied administrative complex including the country’s largest international conference hall is to be built in Hambantota with Korean assistance, Minister of State Revenue and Finance, ...

Another project, the work on which has just been started is a US$20 million modern administrative complex for the new Hambantota town. The South Korean construction giant Keangnam has been awarded the ...

But as the investigation and a collection of cables, emails and intelligence files published on WikiLeaks reveal, the story behind Hambantota’s rise and fall is far more complex than the usual ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I travel the world reporting on emerging markets and China overseas. Sri Lanka’s prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe ...

Colombo’s announcement is likely to raise fresh concerns in New Delhi over China’s military potentially getting a foothold in the Indian Ocean through the deep-sea port of Hambantota ...

When Sri Lanka announced in July 2017 that the underperforming Chinese-built Hambantota port was to be leased for 99 years to a Chinese government-linked company, Western and Indian media outlets ...