Welcome to Your Week in Asia.
Monday will see the start of Cobra Gold 2024, a multinational military exercise in Thailand intended to enhance regional interoperability.
Hong Kong will announce its budget for 2024/25 on Wednesday.
On Thursday, India will release its GDP for the October-December quarter, and South Korea is going to publish its birth rate for 2023, which is expected to decline further from 0.78 in 2022.
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MONDAY
Thailand, U.S. begin Cobra Gold exercise
Southeast Asia’s longest-running military exercise kicks off on Monday until March 8 with 30 participating countries, including co-hosts Thailand and the U.S. Each of the hosts will have more than 4,000 troops in the main drills with Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Malaysia participating. China and India will join…