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Malaysia’s tycoons just got a little bit poorer
From left: Robert Kuok, Quek Leng Chan, Teh Hong Piow and Ananda Krishnan
The wealth of Malaysia’s richest business tycoons...
Cambodia to get its first wind power farm
The Blue Circle's completed wind power farm in Dai Phong, Binh Dhuanh Province, Vietnam
The Cambodian government...
Indonesia’s new capital will be “very special”, advisor Tony Blair says
Tony Blair delivers a speech on Indonesia's new capital after a meeting with President Widodo on February 28
Samsung builds large research center in Vietnam
Samsung Electronics will invert $220 million in a new research and development center in Vietnam, the South...
Malaysia reveals national car strategy – confirms third brand
The third national Malaysian car has yet to be unveiled, but it bears a striking resemblance to Daihatsu's concept car DN...
Grab, German startup team up to explore air taxi services in Southeast Asia
Singapore-based ride-hailing and e-commerce company Grab partnered with German aviation startup Volocopter to explore the opportunity of...
Philippine president seeks shutdown of country’s leading broadcaster
The Philippine government on February 10 moved to close the country’s
leading broadcast network, ABS-CBN, the latest push...
Sihanoukville to be transformed into Cambodia’s industrial hub
From gambling to multi-purpose industry: The Cambodian government
has developed a roadmap to turn the coastal town of...
Vietnam, Indonesia stop all China flights, Apple closes stores
Virus lockdown in Wuhan, China
Vietnam declared a public health emergency over the
coronavirus epidemic on February 1 and...
Cambodia to launch digital currency-based national payment platform
The National Bank of Cambodia, the country’s central bank, is preparing the launch of a blockchain-based, peer-to-peer...
Vietnam tops foreign direct investment inflows in Southeast Asia
Ho Chi Minh City skyline © Arno Maierbrugger
Booming Vietnam has become Southeast Asia’s top receiver of
foreign...
Grab drives off with electric cars in Indonesia
Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab and South Korean automaker Hyundai officially introduced GrabCar Elektrik, Grab’s electric vehicle...
Amazon to add Jakarta to its global data center network
The cloud computing and software services division of e-commerce giant Amazon, Amazon Web Services, will build a...
Indonesia’s Tokopedia raises another $1.5 billion, eyes dual listing in Jakarta and US
Indonesia’s largest e-commerce market place Tokopedia is set to raise up to $1.5 billion from investors including...
Mini solar power farms to help solve Myanmar’s electrification problem
With around half of Myanmar’s population having no access to electricity, the country’s energy ministry is coming...
Angkas and the road bumps for motorcycle ride-sharing in the Philippines
Will forward-thinking ride-sharing businesses ever find success in the Philippines?
By Jeremiah Capacillo
Philippines: Resident make the best out of Taal eruption and turn ash into bricks
Residents of the Filipino city of Binan in Laguna province, which was affected by the Taal volcano...
SoftBank to invest up to $40 billion in Indonesia’s new capital – Tony Blair joins as adviser
Japan’s conglomerate SoftBank is offering to invest $30
billion to $40 billion in the development of the planned...
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Asia-Pacific economies hit hard by coronavirus pandemic
The World Bank's East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, April 2020, illustrates the damage down by the coronavirus on Southeast Asia's...
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Philippines next to declare emergency, Brits urged to leave virus-troubled ASEAN countries
The Philippines is following Thailand with the declaration of a nationwide state of emergency as the coronavirus...