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Chinese rush to buy Cambodian property
Phnom Penh building construction © Arno Maierbrugger
Chinese interest in real estate in Cambodia is booming...
Possible US outsourcing ban could hit Philippine BPO industry hard
A plan by US President Donald Trump to punish US firms
outsourcing jobs abroad or even ban the...
Casino boom in Cambodia unabated despite growing concerns
Casino boom in Sihanoukville © Arno Maierbrugger
The number of casino licenses issued in Cambodia continues
to soar, with...
Living costs in Bangkok surge
Bangkok has again become more expensive for visitors,
expats, retirees and the average Thai over the past year....
Malaysia’s PM proposes new gold-based trade currency for East Asia
Malaysia PM Mahathir Mohamad
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on May 30 proposed the creation of a new...
Southeast Asia just got a bit more competitive
Business district in Jakarta, Indonesia
Four out of ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or...
Toyota plans car factory in Myanmar
The world's largest auto maker Toyota (as of the first quarter of 2019) is planning to build...
Chinese tourist arrivals in Thailand drop further
Despite hopes of a reversal of a negative trend in Chinese tourist arrivals to Thailand, the number...
Thailand’s tourism could benefit from US-China trade spat, officials say
Thailand's tourism sector is expected to get a windfall from
the ongoing China-US trade war as tourists from...
Malaysia posts record income from tourism
Malaysia made $20.2 billion in overall tourism revenue last year, its highest ever. Of the total, Chinese...
China to revamp Cambodia’s railway systems
A team from China Railway
Construction Corporation (CRCC) is in Cambodia and will soon begin a
feasibility study on...
Chinese firms keen on investment in Subic Bay shipyard, Clark air base
View over Subic Bay with Hanjin's shipyard in the background © Arno Maierbrugger
Chinese businesses are seeking...
Axiata, Telenor to create new Southeast Asian telecom giant
Axiata to merge Asian business with Telenor
The two telecom companies Axiata from Malaysia and Telenor from
Norway are...
Filipino accent is Asia’s “sexiest” – survey
Gentle, soft and “simply lovely” are the descriptions for the Filipino way to speak their language Tagalog,...
Malaysia hopes for $2.4 billion in investments from Dubai Expo 2020
Malaysia aims at ten billion ringgit worth of potential investments and business deals from the Dubai Expo...
Thailand tourism arrivals, spending drop for the first time in years
Thailand for the first time since 2014 – the year of the latest
military coup – is faced...
LG moves phone production to Vietnam, shuts down South Korea factory
South Korean electronics maker LG Electronics said on April
25 it would move its smartphone production from South...
Thailand, Laos, China to sign pact on high-speed railway
Thailand has agreed to sign a memorandum of cooperation with China and Laos for a rail link...
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IMF recommends Thailand fiscal reform and monetary easing
In the wake of slowing GDP growth amid rising global trade tensions and the lack of internal...
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Malaysian firm presents first advanced humanoid robot, plans mass production
A Malaysian entrepreneur has developed the country’s first advanced humanoid robot named ADAM which was presented at...