Indo-Pacific

Last week, Chosun Ilbo reported that the United States had formally asked South Korea to broaden the scope of the United States-Republic of Korea (ROK) Mutual Defense Treaty’s Article III to cover the wider Indo-Pacific region. Today, …

Catherine West, Member of the UK Parliament and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Minister for the Indo-Pacific, paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Dr. Harini Amarasuriya, on January 27, 2025, at the Prime…

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has proposed that Sri Lanka should adopt the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) outlook of the Indo-Pacific as two distinct oceans and prioritize freedom of navigation and undersea cables in the…

Another Chinese marine research vessel, Shi Yan 6 is expected to dock at Colombo and Hambantota deep sea ports in Sri Lanka by October this year, Indian media reported. Although Sri Lanka has not given the green signal to Shi Yan 6 yet,…

In 2018, when HAL was listed on the stock market, its total market capitalisation was $3.87 billion. As of June 2023, it stands at $14.76 billion — or about Rs 1.18 lakh crore.