Macroeconomics and Risk

Nearly four million people in the Philippines fell into poverty in the first half of 2021 due to lockdown measures induced by the Covid-19...

Vietnam and Indonesia have both ambitious plans to leave their status as developing countries with an emerging lower-middle income status behind and reach developed...

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are suing Facebook’s parent organisation Meta Platforms for as much as $150 billion over allegations that the social media company...

Japanese beer company Kirin Holdings said on December 6 that it has filed for commercial arbitration to terminate its joint venture with its Myanmar...

Myanmar’s civilian National Unity Government (NUG), which sees itself as the country’s legitimate administration in opposition to the ruling military junta, has been surprisingly...

The number of people in Thailand who need state welfare is expected to increase to 15 million next year from the current level of...

Norwegian telecom company Telenor is faced with a big backlash to its strategy of focusing on expanding in developing countries as Myanmar’s unrelenting junta...

Myanmar’s shadow government National Unity Government of Myanmar, or NUG, which has been set up as a pro-democracy group opposing the February 1  military...

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone, India’s largest integrated ports and logistics company, said on October 27 at its fiscal second quarter presentation that...

Foreign investment into Myanmar has fallen dramatically in the months since the February 1 coup, having reached an eight-year low, the country's Directorate of...

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...

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...

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...

Southeast Asia’s economies are on a much slower recovery path from the Covid-19 crisis than previously thought, according to a new assessment by the...

Myanmar’s currency, the kyat, has fallen to a new all-time low against the US dollar this September amid growing concerns about the stability of...

Philippine boxing legend-turned-politician Manny Pacquiao, nicknamed PacMan, declared on September 19 that he decided to run for president of the Philippine in the 2022...

Myanmar’s garment industry union leaders fear another 200,000 garment workers in the country could lose their jobs by the end of the year due...

Thailand is desperately trying to revive its collapsed tourism industry by introducing new incentives for visitors, betting on higher vaccination rates against Covid-19 that...