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Global fashion brands send letter of concern over labour standards to Cambodia’s leader
Cambodian garment workers on the way to the factory
Nearly two dozen global clothing and shoe brands have...
Amazon to add Jakarta to its global data center network
The cloud computing and software services division of e-commerce giant Amazon, Amazon Web Services, will build a...
Laos plans to sell 100,000 tonnes of rice to Cuba annually
Plaza de la Revolucion, Havana, Cuba © Arno Maierbrugger
The government in Laos is planning to export around...
Corruption index: Philippines worsens, Vietnam improves the most
The Philippines dropped 14 spots on the ranking of the world’s most corrupt countries in the newly...
Mini solar power farms to help solve Myanmar’s electrification problem
With around half of Myanmar’s population having no access to electricity, the country’s energy ministry is coming...
Myanmar to open banking sector to ten more foreign lenders
Myanmar plans to issue up to ten new licenses to foreign banks to commence retail operations in...
SoftBank to invest up to $40 billion in Indonesia’s new capital – Tony Blair joins as adviser
Japan’s conglomerate SoftBank is offering to invest $30
billion to $40 billion in the development of the planned...
Philippines enforces total OFW deployment ban to Kuwait
The Philippine government has enforced a total ban on the
deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) to Kuwait....
Malaysia’s shadow economy still more than a fifth of GDP
Malaysia’s shadow economy has a value of about 300 billion ringgit ($73.8 billion) or 21 per cent...
Gambling ban turns Cambodia’s boom town to ghost town
Sihanoukville's casino boom has come to a sudden halt © Arno Maierbrugger
Cambodia’s beach resort of Sihanoukville, which...
Softbank pledges to invest in Indonesia’s new ‘smart capital’
Masayoshi Son, CEO of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group,
revealed plans to invest in Indonesia's new capital and to...
Japan to redevelop former US Navy base in the Philippines
Japan will create the master plan to redevelop a former US naval base in Subic Bay in...
Malaysia partners with China to set up next-generation vehicle hub
A Malaysian government agency, the Malaysia Automotive, Robotics and Internet of Things Institute in the Ministry of...
Philippines readies to pull out its citizens from Middle East amid growing tensions
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the military to prepare its air and naval assets to help...
Philippines once again bans OFWs from going to Kuwait
Filipino maids waiting for repatriation from Kuwait
The Philippines will stop sending new overseas workers to Kuwait until...
Thailand to phase out plastic bags in retail by 2021
Thailand kicked off the new year with a ban on single-use plastic bags at major stores, continuing...
More than 7,000 jobs lost, dozens of casinos shut in Cambodia as online gambling ban comes into effect
Sihanoukville has been hit hard by the ban, with the number of casinos cut by half from more than 70...
Foreign investment into Myanmar far behind target
Despite efforts by the Myanmar government to meet its
foreign direct investment (FDI) target of $5.8 billion during...
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Grab drives off with electric cars in Indonesia
Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab and South Korean automaker Hyundai officially introduced GrabCar Elektrik, Grab’s electric vehicle...
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Corruption index: Philippines worsens, Vietnam improves the most
The Philippines dropped 14 spots on the ranking of the world’s most corrupt countries in the newly...