Arno Maierbrugger
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Brunei’s population shrinks on worker exodus, fewer births
Early results from Brunei’s 2021 population census show that the country is moving towards an ageing population due to falling birth rates and a...
Thai fruit growers seek to use Laos-China railway as ‘durian express’
Durian growers in Thailand are looking for a way to use the yet-to-be opened new China-Laos high-speed railway as a means of transport for...
US bans imports from another Malaysian glove maker
Malaysian glove maker Supermax Corporation has become the next company to be put on a banned list over alleged forced labour practices, the fourth...
Indonesia’s GoTo gets cash injection from Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund
Indonesian e-commerce giant GoTo will receive $400 million from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), the sovereign wealth fund of the emirate of Abu...
Cambodia reintroduces e-visa scheme for tourists
Cambodia has reintroduced its e-visa scheme for tourists after the country decided to gradually open its borders as distress from the Covid-19 pandemic eases.
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Troubled Myanmar readies to open for tourism
Seemingly irrespective of civil unrest, countless skirmishes between guerilla-style freedom fighters and the army, over 300 roadside bomb attacks since the February 1 coup,...
Indonesia halts license issuance for fintech lenders to rein in digital loan sharks
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo on October 15 ordered to halt license issuances for financial technology companies whose business entails digital lending to consumers and...
First high-speed train from China arrives in Lao capital
Residents of Laos’ capital Vientiane on October 16 witnessed the arrival of the first passenger high-speed train running on the new Laos-China railway line...
VinFast to start selling cars in US and Europe in 2022
Emerging Vietnamese car maker VinFast will offer pre-orders for its electric sports utility vehicles from the US in the first half of 2022 and...
Singapore considers setting up robotic security and defense squad
Singapore has plans to expand the city-state’s defense and security forces with mobile robots and through its state agency for defense science and technology...
British American Tobacco ends second Myanmar stint as country descends into chaos
London-headquartered cigarette maker British American Tobacco (BAT) will withdraw from military-ruled Myanmar by the end of this year and cease all of its operations...
Philippines among least attractive countries in Asia-Pacific for foreign investments
The Philippines has been named one of the least attractive destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI) in Asia-Pacific in a new ranking by Oxford...
Indonesian rupiah expected to outperform Asian currencies through end-2021
Indonesia’s currency, the rupiah, is likely poised to become Asia's best-performing currency for the rest of the year as rising commodity prices are pushing...
Main China-Laos railway station in Vientiane takes shape
Laos is getting another step closer to China as the Vientiane Capital Station, the largest and most important station of the newly-built China-Laos railway,...
Foodpanda now covers all of Laos as first food delivery platform in the country
Food and grocery delivery company Foodpanda has announced a nationwide coverage in Laos, a landlocked nation of about 7.3 million people in Southeast Asia,...
Thailand’s oil major PTT sets up venture capital fund for Southeast Asian startups
Thailand’s PTT Oil and Retail Business, or PTT OR, a unit of state-controlled oil and gas firm PTT, is increasingly venturing into the non-petroleum...
Philippine developer builds new $2-billion business district north of Metro Manila
Philippine property developer Megaworld, controlled by Filipino billionaire businessman Andrew Tan, said on October 6 that it would be developing a new business district...
AirAsia to allow only vaccinated travelers on board – for now in Malaysia
Southeast Asia’s largest budget airline AirAsia Group has just contradicted its catchy long-time slogan “Now everyone can fly” by announcing that it will only...
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Brunei’s population shrinks on worker exodus, fewer births
Early results from Brunei’s 2021 population census show that the country is moving towards an ageing population due to falling birth rates and a...
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Troubled Myanmar readies to open for tourism
Seemingly irrespective of civil unrest, countless skirmishes between guerilla-style freedom fighters and the army, over 300 roadside bomb attacks since the February 1 coup,...