Brabim Karki is a businessman based in Nepal. He writes for The Independent, The Globe and Mail, the South China Morning Post and The Straits Times, among others.

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JAKARTA -- Japanese energy group Inpex is looking to hire thousands of workers in Indonesia as it moves closer to building the estimated $20 billion Abadi liquefied natural gas project.

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TOKYO -- The operator of the Tokyo Stock Exchange plans to offer investors a service that uses generative artificial intelligence to gather financial data matching a query.

SINGAPORE -- Six ASEAN economies, including Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, were left reeling Tuesday, after U.S. President ...

BANGKOK/PHNOM PENH -- Deeply strained relations between Thailand and Cambodia deteriorated further on Tuesday when Thai ...