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Number of foreign condo buyers in Thailand slumps 34% annually
The number of foreigners buying condos in Thailand fell by over a third in 2020 against the...
Indonesia launches first-ever unemployment benefit scheme
In a debut for Indonesia – although its seems a little late from the view of regional...
Myanmar ex-beauty queen turns jungle fighter against junta
Then and now: Htar Htet Htet
In Myanmar's current dire state of affairs, people opposed to the junta...
Malaysia sues large global banks, ex-PM to recover billions from 1MDB debacle
Construction site site in Kuala Lumpur for one of 1MDB's urban projects
Malaysia is suing units of Deutsche...
Indonesia’s new presidential palace will look like a monstrous Garuda
The presidential palace in Indonesia’s planned new capital on Borneo island will look like a giant Garuda,...
Telenor writes off Myanmar investment of over $780 million
Picture: Aung Htai Hlaing
Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor at the presentation of its first-quarter financial results on May...
Indonesian banks shun Aceh as province tightens Islamic finance regulations
A number of large Indonesian banks are closing their conventional banking operations in the country’s strictly Muslim...
Cambodia’s largest casino cuts 1,300 jobs amid pandemic
Cambodia’s largest casino, NagaWorld in Phnom Penh, is cutting 1,300 jobs as its once thriving business nearly...
Coup and Covid: Recipe for disaster in Myanmar as poverty surges
As much as half of Myanmar’s population of a total of nearly 55 million could be living...
Vietnam Airlines reports highest quarterly loss in company history
Vietnam Airlines Group on April 30 posted a loss of 4.97 trillion dong ($215.6 million) for the...
Thailand abandons hope for quick tourism recovery as third Covid-19 wave rages across country
Pattaya's infamous Walking Street has become a lifeless ghost strip
Thailand’s government is giving up on hopes that...
Malaysia creates digital investment office
Malaysia prepares for the fourth industrial revolution
Malaysia is setting up a new government entity to support the...
Indonesia builds its own Silicon Valley: “Algorithm Hill” in West Java
A rendering of how Algorithm Hill would look like
Indonesia’s plan to create a Silicon Valley-like technology park...
Microsoft to build data center network in Malaysia for $1 billion
Microsoft's data centers in Malaysia will offer regional cloud computing services
US software giant Microsoft will invest...
Laos-China high-speed railway track almost finished
The construction of the railway track for the Laos-China Railway project is now 80 per cent complete,...
Two and a half months after the coup, Myanmar’s economy lies in shatters
Closed shops in Yangon
Bad news for foreign investors who have set a lot of hopes on Myanmar’s...
Brunei’s population is shrinking: Statistics report
Brunei people at a night market in Bandar Seri Begawan © Arno Maierbrugger
The population of Brunei has...
Malaysia’s ex-premier Najib Razak receives bankruptcy notice from taxman
Najib Razak, ex-prime minister of Malaysia
Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak said he has received a bankruptcy...
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Indonesia launches first-ever unemployment benefit scheme
In a debut for Indonesia – although its seems a little late from the view of regional...