Energy & Resources

Philippine president-elect Ferdinand Marcos emphasised his determination to adopt nuclear power in the country, holding talks on May 23 with South Korea's envoy on...

US electric carmaker Tesla has apparently agreed to invest in battery and electric vehicle manufacturing plants in Indonesia, the country’s investment minister Bahlil Lahadalia...

A newly discovered underground gold mine in Laos that has just begun operations is expected to significantly bolster mineral production in the country and...

Vietnam, a country which has developed a remarkable startup scene in a number of industries in recent years, is seemingly also becoming an innovative...

The Philippines has the potential to install 21 gigawatt of offshore wind power by 2040, equivalent to about a fifth of its electricity demand...

Indonesia, the world's largest producer of palm oil, on April 22 announced an export ban amid a continuing cooking oil crisis in the country....

South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor opened its first Southeast Asian manufacturing plant in Indonesia on March 16 that will produce Indonesia’s first locally assembled...

Thailand’s PTT Exploration & Production (PTTEP), a unit of Thai state-controlled oil and gas giant PTT, will be taking over the stake of French...

Brunei plans to expand production in the upstream and downstream oil and gas sectors after a new discovery of 42 million barrels of oil...

The Philippines plans to reimplement a nuclear power programme - which has been abandoned in 1986 in the wake of the deadly Chernobyl disaster...

Singapore will impose “appropriate sanctions and restrictions” on Russia, the city state’s foreign minister said on February 28, including banking and financial measures and...

Cambodia has invited Iran to examine the feasibility of developing the country’s existing oil blocks and to conduct further oil and gas exploration studies. The...

Malaysia’s oil giant Petronas and Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi are divesting their stakes in Myanmar’s Yetagun gas field, the companies said on February 18, in...

A Southeast Asian economic think tank has warned that the small nation of Brunei needs a broader “strategic plan” to diversify its economy away...

The World Bank is maintaining a bleak outlook for Myanmar from the double whammy of the military coup on February 1, 2021 and the...

Vietnam will be introducing some administrative reforms in order to boost its domestic vehicle market, the country’s national radio broadcaster Voice of Vietnam reported. The...

France’s TotalEnergies and US-headquartered Chevron, two of the world’s largest energy conglomerates, announced on January 21 that they were ceasing all operations in Myanmar. As...

Myanmar’s military government will begin accepting China’s currency, the renminbi, as official settlement currency for trade with and investments from its northern neighbor, Reuters...