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Builder of Thailand’s tallest tower defaults on loans, halts projects
Bangkok-based property developer Pace Development Corp., builder of Thailand’s tallest tower MahaNakhon in Bangkok, on October 21...
1MDB-linked superyacht has become trading object
Equanimity has been renamed Tranquility and put on the market at a 60-per cent premium
A superyacht...
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...
Urban mega project in Bangkok taking shape
The $3.8-billion fully integrated mixed-use district One Bangkok in the center of Thailand's capital is taking shape....
Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways expects $1bn market capitalisation from IPO
Vietnam’s youngest airline Bamboo Airways expects a market
capitalisation of as much as $1 billion from its stock...
Thailand will be host to cannabis festival next year
Thailand will host what it calls the “World Ganja Festival” next year, an event organised by the...
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...
Indonesia’s Lion Air readies for mega-IPO
Lion Air, Indonesia’s largest airline by market size and
destinations and the second largest low-cost airline in Southeast...
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...
Vietnam to build smart city for $4.2 billion near Hanoi
Vietnamese hotel and golf resort giant BRG Group and Japan’s Sumitomo Corp, a trading company, struck a...
Malaysia’s Petronas sets up $350-million startup fund
Malaysia’s state-backed oil and gas company Petronas has set up a $350-million venture capital fund in order...
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 to open industries banned for foreigners to spur innovation and technology transfer
Thailand’s commerce ministry is considering whether to remove certain innovation-related businesses from the list of those open...
Thailand seeks to become high-income nation by 2036
Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on the sidelines of the 74th Session of the United Nations General...
Vietnam economy blasts off with 7.3% growth in third quarter
Vietnam’s economic growth quickened in the third quarter,
underpinned by solid growth in exports and manufacturing, the General
Statistics...
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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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Urban mega project in Bangkok taking shape
The $3.8-billion fully integrated mixed-use district One Bangkok in the center of Thailand's capital is taking shape....