Asia

Southeast Asia’s tallest building and the second tallest in the world, the Merdeka 118 tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is due for completion by...

Thailand has been ranked at the bottom of nine Asia-Pacific markets for digital agility despite its claims of aiming to become a "digital hub"...

In its endeavour to revive the tourism industry after the Covid-19 pandemic, Thailand is now banking on Russia as strong source market after having...

Singapore Airlines Group, which comprises of the city-state’s flagship carrier Singapore Airlines and the budget unit Scoot, announced a first-quarter net profit of S$370...

Indonesia is currently on the receiving end of very handy foreign direct investments as the attraction of the country’s car industry grows rapidly, boosted...

Shah Alam, Malaysia-based OMS Group, a company which installs and maintains submarine cable systems mainly for telecom corporations in Asia-Pacific, is mulling a listing...

Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi Motors said it is intending to invest about ten trillion rupiah ($667 million) in Indonesia for the expansion of its existing...

Swedish telecommunications and network infrastructure company Ericsson has selected Malaysia as manufacturing hub for the group’s state-of-the-art fifth-generation (5G) telecom equipment in the Asia-Pacific...

The Philippines finally withdrew from an infrastructure funding deal with China worth 276 billion pesos ($4.9 billion) after Beijing failed to deliver loans under...

Samsung SDI, the battery and electronic materials manufacturing unit of South Korean conglomerate Samsung Group, will build a second battery plant in Malaysia to...

China continues to be the largest foreign investor in Laos, having invested about $16.4 billion into 833 projects so far, Vientiane Times cited the...

Singapore’s old Seletar Airport in the northeast of the city-state is planning to become a hub for flying taxis in the region as early...

Vietnam is by some accounts likely to take over China as the “world’s manufacturing hub” amid lasting economic disruptions mainly caused by the Covid-19...

The Thai government has hastily issued new rules to limit access to marijuana and hemp after the decriminalisation since June 9 sparked many complaints...

Facing a toxic combination of high external debt, dwindling cash reserves, surging inflation and a nosediving currency, the small Southeast Asian nation of Laos...

The economy of Myanmar has fallen in turmoil so drastically since the military coup on February 1, 2021 that the World Bank said it...

US alternative food company Eat Just, a maker of “cultivated meat” and egg substitutes, decided to set up the largest plant to produce lab-grown...

Thailand officially legalised the growing of marijuana and its consumption in food and drinks on June 9, the first Asian country to do so,...