Policy

Two Singaporean companies have been charged with exporting whiskey, wine and soft drinks to North Korea in a latest case of firms in the...

US electric vehicle company Tesla has registered a company in Thailand on May 25 with the primary purpose to sell its battery-powered cars in...

Philippine president-elect Ferdinand Marcos emphasised his determination to adopt nuclear power in the country, holding talks on May 23 with South Korea's envoy on...

The eastern Malaysian state of Sarawak has entered talks with Norway to set up and manage a sovereign wealth fund from oil and gas...

Philippine stocks dropped to a new nine-month low on May 10, the day after Ferdinand Marcos Jr., son of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, won...

Philippine think tank Action for Economic Reforms (AER) has warned that a potential presidency of Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of the country’s late...

Russia’s biggest truck manufacturer Kamaz is set to start vehicle production in Myanmar as the company is increasingly losing access to other markets due...

With a recent relaxing of entry rules, most of Southeast Asia is reacting to the easing Covid-19 pandemic and reopening for travel, with airlines...

The government of Laos has agreed in principle to a minimum wage increase amid rising cost of living and rampant inflation in the country,...

The significant raise of Malaysia’s minimum wage by May 1 predictably does not find favour among businesses in the private sector, but some economists...

Indonesia’s parliament on April 22 approved the government’s plan to raise the capital of flagship carrier Garuda Indonesia by 7.5 trillion rupiah ($518.31 million)...

Indonesia, the world's largest producer of palm oil, on April 22 announced an export ban amid a continuing cooking oil crisis in the country....

Myanmar’s central bank has announced an exemption for foreign entities from a controversial new policy requiring all their foreign exchange held in banks or...

The Lao government has lost $767 million to corruption in the past six years, media reports referred to the country’s State Inspection Authority. The leading...

Vietnam will implement a plan to eliminate fossil-fuel vehicles, tighten emission control and add more green spaces to urban areas, VnExpress reported, referring to...

Vietnam is planning the launch of a national container shipping operation at an investment of $1.5 billion as the country seeks to counter the...

Residents of Thailand will be allowed to grow “as many marijuana plants as they want” in their own homes, according to Thailand’s health minister...

The educational technology (edtech) or e-learning market in Vietnam is expected to reach revenue of around $3 billion by 2023 on the back of...