This story appears in the June 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. The world economy in the ninth century had two powerful engines. One was Tang dynasty China, an empire stretching from the ...

The Thai Government's action plan focuses on managing water resources, establishing a national disaster insurance system, ...

A powerful “Super El Niño” is raising concerns about extreme weather, crop failures, global food shortages and rising food ...

Europe’s defense industry is accelerating the development of a new long-range cruise missile capable ...

What do wooden casks tell us about trade and everyday life between 1300 and 1800? Ph.D. candidate Jeroen Oosterbaan studied ...

Iran and the United States are about to sign a peace deal that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that ...

Caught on camera in Trawas, East Java, a rider hilariously misses a warning sign and plunges straight into a roadside ditch ...

This CSIS brief offers groundbreaking insight into the value and types of goods flowing through eight different South China Sea chokepoints. The analysis reveals each country’s reliance on each ...

Seven Indonesian SOE logistics firms officially merged into one entity after signing a shareholder agreement and merger deed.

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Indonesia’s largest Hindu temple rising above ancient Java This aerial view captures Prambanan Temple in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, one of the largest and most impressive Hindu temple complexes in ...

The Red Sea is vital to the free flow of global trade, but the Yemen-based Houthis and the fallout from the Iran war threaten to choke off the Mideast waterway, with major consequences for the global ...