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Indonesia’s economy in worst shape since two decades
Indonesia’s economy, hit hard by the escalating spread of the coronavirus, in the second quarter of this...
Thai economy could take up to three years to recover
Thailand’s economy, which has been hard-hit by the effects of the coronavirus crisis particularly on tourism and...
Malaysia’s retail sector takes big hit from pandemic
AEON Mall in Port Klang
The retail sector in Malaysia will face a contraction of sales of 8.7...
Doubts over Indonesia’s new capital plans
Indonesia’s plan to build a new capital from scratch on Borneo island, which has already taken a...
Laos remains locked for foreign nationals amid pandemic
The Lao government decided to keep the country’s borders closed to foreign nationals and to impose testing...
Singapore economy plunges more than 40% in second quarter
The Singapore-Malaysia border will reopen for business travel and labourers on August 10. Picture: Lionel Lim
Singapore's economy...
Video interview: Malaysia’s Grand Old Statesman speaks out
Mahathir Mohamad, Malaysia’s prime minister for two separate terms from 1981 to 2003 and 2018 to 2020, gave Investvine his latest interview,...
Myanmar remains closed for international flights until at least October
Myanmar’s airports will not allow international commercial flights in or out until at least October, the Irrawaddy...
ASEAN Narcos: Goodbye, Golden Triangle?
Six Asian countries come together to lead Southeast Asia’s biggest drug bust.
By Jeremiah Capacillo
Singapore election: Support for ruling party slips, opposition wins seats
Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) remained in power in an election held amid a pandemic crisis...
Malaysia adjusts poverty line income: 400,000 households considered poor
Malaysia more than doubled its national poverty line income from 980 ringgit ($230) to 2,208 ringgit ($518)...
Thailand now has Asia’s gloomiest economic outlook
Thailand' main international Suvarnabhumi Airport feels the heat of the lockdown
Thailand’s GDP will shrink by 8.1 per...
Malaysia could see snap election in March next year
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is reportedly considering a snap election possibly by March 2021, Sin Chew...
Cambodian garment manufacturer call for wage cuts
As the coronavirus pandemic bites and export numbers drop, garment manufacturing companies in Cambodia have asked the...
Myanmar’s growth to contract, poverty rate going up again: World Bank
Myanmar could expect its economy to contract by as much as 2.5 per cent in the country’s...
Recovery from the crisis needs collaboration and forward-looking perspective: APEC head
Interview conducted by Firoz Abdul Hamid and Jeremiah Capacillo
Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria, executive director of the APEC...
Gojek next regional tech giant to lay off staff amid pandemic
Indonesian ride-hailing, delivery and e-commerce firm Gojek said on June 23 that it will lay off nine...
Thailand’s airports to remain closed for international flights until September
Thailand could open its airports for international flights only in late September, the country’s Khaosod newspaper quoted...
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