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Two and a half months after the coup, Myanmar’s economy lies in shatters
Closed shops in Yangon
Bad news for foreign investors who have set a lot of hopes on Myanmar’s...
Citibank’s retail banking calls it quits in Southeast Asia
Citibank's headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand
US banking group Citibank on April 15 said that it will exit the...
Thais now spend half a day on the Internet
Normal scene from Bangkok's public transport
Thais spent an average of almost 12 hours per day on the...
VinFast eyes mega-IPO on Wall Street this year
Vietnam car maker VinFast, part of the country’s largest private conglomerate Vingroup, is considering an initial public...
Gojek, Tokopedia to create new Southeast Asian e-commerce giant
A new e-commerce giant is in the making
Indonesian ride-hailing and payments company Gojek and the country's leading...
Sanofi to set up factory in Singapore for vaccine production on “massive scale”
French pharma major Sanofi said it will invest €400 million set up a vaccine production site in...
Singapore scientists develop smartphone-controlled “robo plants”
Scientists in Singapore are working on a technology through which plants can be controlled by smartphone apps,...
Brunei’s population is shrinking: Statistics report
Brunei people at a night market in Bandar Seri Begawan © Arno Maierbrugger
The population of Brunei has...
Papua gets satellite telecom network
Indonesia’s remote easternmost province of Papua will be equipped with a new satellite telecom and Internet network...
Axiata, Telenor merge operations in Malaysia
Malaysian telecom company Axiata Group and Norway’s Telenor are planning to merge their operations in the Southeast...
Malaysia’s ex-premier Najib Razak receives bankruptcy notice from taxman
Najib Razak, ex-prime minister of Malaysia
Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak said he has received a bankruptcy...
Cambodia’s oil wealth dreams hitting a wall
Oil platform in the Apsara oil field offshore Cambodia
Cambodia’s hopes for prosperity from the exploitation of an...
Vietnam puts chocolate brand on the world map
Marou is made from the rare trinitario cacao bean
Chocolate made by French entrepreneurs in Vietnam is embarking...
Indonesia asks citizens to stop making more babies
Indonesia, the fourth-most populous country in the world
The government of Indonesia, the world’s fourth-most populous nation with...
Marijuana, Thailand’s new cash crop
Entrance to the marijuana growing complex at Rak Jang Farm (All pictures: Arno Maierbrugger)
Since the liberalisation of...
Myanmar junta orders indefinite mobile Internet shutdown
Myanmar’s military rulers have ordered Internet service providers to shut down wireless broadband services until further notice,...
Global fashion chains stop placing orders in Myanmar
Myanmar’s garment workers demand that the international clothing and fashion industry pays attention to the current violence...
US seizes Top Glove imports over forced labour evidence
The US Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) has ordered port officials in the US to seize...
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Two and a half months after the coup, Myanmar’s economy lies in shatters
Closed shops in Yangon
Bad news for foreign investors who have set a lot of hopes on Myanmar’s...
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Citibank’s retail banking calls it quits in Southeast Asia
Citibank's headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand
US banking group Citibank on April 15 said that it will exit the...