Leste, officially became the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Sunday, fulfilling a vision ...

This piece is part of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: East Asia, Central and North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and West Asia ...

Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao called Dili’s inclusion ‘a powerful affirmation of our journey, marked by resilience and hope’.

East Timor has been formally admitted into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the group’s first expansion since ...

Spotlight on East Asia, a region steeped in history and now helping to write the future of our world. We'll break down the ...

When Ruby Vies with Emerald: Exquisite Lacquer of the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties, running at the Shanghai Museum on People ...

More than a million years ago, early human relatives crossed an enormous sea to reach the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The ...

The Composite Map of the Ming Empire (Da Ming Hunyi Tu) reflects the political situation in AD 1389 but was likely painted much later. Original Chinese labels were later covered with Manchu on paper ...