Arno Maierbrugger
Business journalist
Virus crisis to cost Thailand’s tourism dearly
The coronavirus crisis is likely to cost Thailand at least 50 billion baht ($ 1.63 billion) in...
Global fashion brands send letter of concern over labour standards to Cambodia’s leader
Cambodian garment workers on the way to the factory
Nearly two dozen global clothing and shoe brands have...
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...
Laos plans to sell 100,000 tonnes of rice to Cuba annually
Plaza de la Revolucion, Havana, Cuba © Arno Maierbrugger
The government in Laos is planning to export around...
Corruption index: Philippines worsens, Vietnam improves the most
The Philippines dropped 14 spots on the ranking of the world’s most corrupt countries in the newly...
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...
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...
Myanmar to open banking sector to ten more foreign lenders
Myanmar plans to issue up to ten new licenses to foreign banks to commence retail operations in...
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...
Indonesia to surpass Thailand as Southeast Asia’s biggest stock market
Indonesia is set to become the biggest equity market in the Southeast Asia region as the entire...
Philippines enforces total OFW deployment ban to Kuwait
The Philippine government has enforced a total ban on the
deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) to Kuwait....
Myanmar’s tourism arrivals through Yangon grew 15% last year
Myanmar is the next country after Vietnam, Laos and the Philippines reporting significant growth in the number...
Malaysia’s shadow economy still more than a fifth of GDP
Malaysia’s shadow economy has a value of about 300 billion ringgit ($73.8 billion) or 21 per cent...
Gambling ban turns Cambodia’s boom town to ghost town
Sihanoukville's casino boom has come to a sudden halt © Arno Maierbrugger
Cambodia’s beach resort of Sihanoukville, which...
Tourism arrivals in Vietnam reach record high
The famous red bridge at Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, Vietnam © Arno Maierbrugger
Vietnam welcomed a record...
Softbank pledges to invest in Indonesia’s new ‘smart capital’
Masayoshi Son, CEO of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group,
revealed plans to invest in Indonesia's new capital and to...
Japan to redevelop former US Navy base in the Philippines
Japan will create the master plan to redevelop a former US naval base in Subic Bay in...
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Virus crisis to cost Thailand’s tourism dearly
The coronavirus crisis is likely to cost Thailand at least 50 billion baht ($ 1.63 billion) in...
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Laos plans to sell 100,000 tonnes of rice to Cuba annually
Plaza de la Revolucion, Havana, Cuba © Arno Maierbrugger
The government in Laos is planning to export around...