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Thai Airways at risk of closure – Malaysia Airlines shortlists investors
Thailand’s national carrier Thai Airways could suffer the fate of being closed down if its modified restructuring...
Myanmar’s economy picking up again ahead of next year’s elections
Government district in Naypyitaw, Myanmar © Arno Maierbrugger
Myanmar’s GDP is projected to grow by 6.6 per cent...
McKinsey tasked with assessing Indonesia’s new capital project
The Indonesian government has commissioned the local branch of US management consulting firm McKinsey & Company to...
Brunei’s youth unemployment highest in Southeast Asia: IMF
Not much signs of wealth inside Brunei's floating villages © Arno Maierbrugger
At a whopping 31.7...
Philippine GDP growth forecast revised
The US-China trade war is hitting the Philippine economy © Arno Maierbrugger
The World Bank has downgraded its...
Vietnam, Cambodia, Brunei jump in competitiveness, Philippines loses out
Ho Chi Minh City skyline at night
The World Economic Forum (WEF)’s competitiveness ranking for 2019 is out...
Singapore smartest city in Southeast Asia, others not so…
Traffic congestion in Metro Manila
Singapore made it to the top of the Smart City Index 2019, the...
Philippines has lowest female labour participation in Southeast Asia
Women in jobs or seeking work in the Philippines made up less
than half the female working-age population...
Thailand only ASEAN country that drops in digital index
Thailand is the only country out of five ASEAN nations surveyed in this year’s World Digital Competitiveness...
Majority of Filipinos content with bloody anti-drug campaign
A great majority in a representative poll amongst 1,200 Filipinos is satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody...
Vietnam, Thailand benefit most from Chinese company relocation amid trade war
More Chinese manufacturers are looking to Vietnam and Thailand as a production base to avoid US tariffs,...
Malaysians are Southeast Asia’s fattest, but Vietnam is catching up fast
Source: WHO
The number of overweight and obese people is rising in Southeast Asia, with Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore...
Thailand seeks to lure companies fleeing China with 50% tax break – effects on real estate seen
The Thai government has introduced a package of incentives
for companies in China affected by the China-US trade...
Hong Kong businesses consider move to Singapore: survey
Almost a quarter of businesses in a new survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore...
Thailand’s tourism industry feels the heat from strong baht, fewer visitors
Thailand’s tourism industry, which accounts for at least a fifth of the country’s GDP, is coming under...
Hordes of Chinese leave Cambodia after ban on online gambling
Sihanoukville, Cambodia's new casino flash point © Arno Maierbrugger
Around 120,000 Chinese nationals out of a total expat...
Google to move smartphone production from China to Vietnam
Google is planning to move the production of its Pixel
smartphones from China to Vietnam as the company...
Thailand revises tourism arrival forecast downwards
Thailand’s tourism and sports ministry has cut its foreign
arrivals forecast to 39-39.8 million this year, down from...
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Thai Airways at risk of closure – Malaysia Airlines shortlists investors
Thailand’s national carrier Thai Airways could suffer the fate of being closed down if its modified restructuring...
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Myanmar’s economy picking up again ahead of next year’s elections
Government district in Naypyitaw, Myanmar © Arno Maierbrugger
Myanmar’s GDP is projected to grow by 6.6 per cent...