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Chinese state firm to build subway for Metro Manila’s business district
The subway will circumvent Makati city
A Chinese construction company has been awarded a $1.2-billion contract to build...
Singapore Airlines plans new flight route – to nowhere
Singapore Airlines A380 a takeoff
In its quest to keep parts of its business running, Singapore’s flagship carrier...
Hungary launches new investment programme in Laos
The foreign ministers of Laos, Saleumxay Kommasith (left), and Hungary, Peter Szijjarto, agreed on a new development investment programme
Singapore Airlines announces massive job cuts
Singapore Airlines, one of the world's most lauded carriers, is in dire straits due to the Covid-19 crisis
Thailand looks for cheaper solution for proposed maritime shortcut in the south
A canal across the Kra Isthmus would cut the voyage between East Asia and the Indian Ocean short by around 1,100...
AirAsia seeks to raise emergency cash, reviews Japan operations
AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes
Malaysia-headquartered low-cost airline AirAsia Group, with its revenue battered by the slump in...
Chinese take over Laos’ national power grid
Laos is referred to as the "battery of Southeast Asia" due to its many hydropower plants exporting electricity
Laos at risk of sovereign debt default
The China-Laos railway project, originally meant to bring economic growth, is pushing Laos deeper into debt
The small...
Thailand throws a lifeline for troubled budget airlines
Seven Thailand-based low cost airlines, which are struggling with the effects of the prolonged coronavirus crisis on...
Cambodia completes its first-ever oil platform
Construction of Cambodia’s first-ever oil platform for its Apsara oil development off the coast in the Gulf...
Food delivery gets airborne with first drone tests in Singapore
An order of fried chicken flies to hungry sailors off the coast of Singapore
While living chicken do...
Thailand remains shut for foreign tourists until next year
Normally bustling with young foreigners, Bangkok's Khao San Road is literally dead under the Covid-19 lockdown
Thailand’s borders...
Cash-strapped Thai Airways facing troubles on international flights
Thailand’s national carrier Thai Airways, which is currently under bankruptcy protection as the airline’s liquidity eroded under...
Thai firm to build Southeast Asia’s largest wind farm in Laos
Bangkok-based BCPG Plc, a renewable energy division of petroleum and energy conglomerate Bangchak Corporation Plc, said its...
Vietnam won’t approve new airlines until 2022
The Vietnam government will suspend the approval of any new startup airline which might be seeking a...
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...
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...
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Singapore home sales rebound in third quarter
Density architecture of living districts of Singapore
Amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic which hit Singapore’s economy quite hard,...
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Thailand approves long-stay visa in bid to revive tourism industry
An empty restaurant and bar street in Phuket during Thailand's coronavirus lockdown
In its aim to revive the...