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Malaysia’s grey economy at 21% of GDP
The size of Malaysia’s shadow economy stands at around 300 billion ringgit a year, more than...
Thailand’s English language proficiency drops to “very low”
Sign in a grocery store in Bangkok
As every expat knows and foreign visitors are soon to realise,...
Thailand’s digital economy to grow to $50 billion by 2025
In Thailand, the digital economy is expected to grow to a volume $50 billion by 2025 from...
Indonesia’s Gojek to enter ride-hailing market in Malaysia, Philippines next year
Indonesia’s ride-hailing giant Gojek will expand into
Malaysia and the Philippines by 2020 as the company is looking...
Brunei opens largest rice farm to boost food self-sufficiency
Brunei’s largest commercial rice farm has begun operations in Kandol in the western district of Belait, with...
Online spending in Southeast Asia to quadruple to $120 billion by 2025
E-commerce spending in Southeast Asia will increase nearly fourfold to $120.9 billion by 2025 from $31.3 billion...
Singapore’s first automated underground bicycle parking system flops
Singapore’s first automated subterranean parking system for
bicycles, launched with much fanfare in January last year, will close...
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...
When the goings get rough, good chow is the stuff
Ten amazing Filipino comfort food restaurants in Metro Manila
By Jeremiah Capacillo
World’s first heliport for flying taxis to be revealed in Singapore
UK-based company Skyports Ltd. is building the world’s first “vertiport” for electric aircraft in Singapore, an early...
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 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...
Majority of Filipinos content with bloody anti-drug campaign
A great majority in a representative poll amongst 1,200 Filipinos is satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody...
Vietnam expects 300,000 fans for Formula 1 debut
Sport officials in Vietnam expect visitor numbers of no less
than 300,000 for the country's first Formula One...
Malaysians are Southeast Asia’s fattest, but Vietnam is catching up fast
Source: WHO
The number of overweight and obese people is rising in Southeast Asia, with Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore...
Cambodia could reverse ban on online gambling
The Cambodian government may reverse its decision to shut down its online gambling industry, risking the ire...
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Malaysia’s grey economy at 21% of GDP
The size of Malaysia’s shadow economy stands at around 300 billion ringgit a year, more than...
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US companies eyeing relocation from China to Philippines amid trade war
Companies from the US are increasingly looking at the Philippines as possible alternative location for their existing...