Archive - Business/Economy of Asia Sentinel

Assessing North Korea’s New Economic Five-Year Plan

From energy to innovation, Kim Jong Un’s growth strategy is up against structural limits.

Mar 6

Spending Tomorrow’s Resources

OECD sounds alarm about refinancing global government debt

Mar 6 • Philip Bowring

Stablecoins Becoming Currency of Choice for Crime, FATF Warns

State-linked cybercriminal groups finding them increasingly useful

Mar 5 • Our Correspondent

Japan's Revised Whole-Of-Society Economic Agenda

New security policy seeks stability for critical materials, essential infrastructure

Mar 4

‘Zombie’ Tankers in the Singapore Strait

A thin ribbon of international water protects them from seizure

Mar 3

India’s Cheap Russian Oil Era Narrows

Russian crude in India’s imports mix slips to new level

Mar 2

February 2026

Thailand Plans Entertainment Complex Without Thaksin’s Casino

The dream that failed

Feb 27 • John Berthelsen

Danantara’s Gold Mine Gambit Stalls

Resource nationalism or regulatory overreach?

Feb 23

China Still Borrows From the West For Highest Tech

Overreliance on reverse engineering still a problem

Feb 19

Asia’s Energy Transition Grows But ‘Dirty/Risky’ Countries Left Out

Capital is clustering, not spreading

Feb 11

Kazakh-US Oil Collaboration Deepens

Ukrainian attacks on Kazakhstan’s primary oil export route intensify, changing equation

Feb 6

FOMO or TACO, India-US Trade Deal Back On

…If some of the murkier points can be worked out, that is

Feb 5

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