Covid-19

Nearly a third of total job losses in four Southeast Asian countries last year were linked to tourism as the Covid-19 pandemic brought the...

The number of people in Thailand who need state welfare is expected to increase to 15 million next year from the current level of...

The government of Laos is hopeful to leave the Least Developed Country (LDC) status of the nation by 2026 at the latest, calling economic...

The size of the e-commerce market in Vietnam is growing strongly, with current revenue already having surpassed last year’s full-year figure of $11.8 billion,...

Cambodia has reintroduced its e-visa scheme for tourists after the country decided to gradually open its borders as distress from the Covid-19 pandemic eases. The...

Seemingly irrespective of civil unrest, countless skirmishes between guerilla-style freedom fighters and the army, over 300 roadside bomb attacks since the February 1 coup,...

Southeast Asia’s largest budget airline AirAsia Group has just contradicted its catchy long-time slogan “Now everyone can fly” by announcing that it will only...

Philippine call centers and business process outsourcing firms are increasingly coming under pressure from a new home working attitude of employees, threatening to derail...

The military government in Myanmar on September 30 said it was taking “full responsibility” for the country’s massive economic problems but at the same...

The Philippines will face a long-term cost burden of more than 41 trillion pesos ($802 billion) in the next decades from the fallout of...

Southeast Asia’s economies are on a much slower recovery path from the Covid-19 crisis than previously thought, according to a new assessment by the...

Myanmar’s garment industry union leaders fear another 200,000 garment workers in the country could lose their jobs by the end of the year due...

The collapse of tourism and the prolonged lockdowns and curfews in Thailand due to the Covid-19 pandemic have led to serious disruptions in many...

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated what was already a big trend in Indonesia, namely online grocery shopping. Experts expect the country’s grocery e-commerce market...

Thailand is desperately trying to revive its collapsed tourism industry by introducing new incentives for visitors, betting on higher vaccination rates against Covid-19 that...

Philippines Airlines has become the next Southeast Asian airline to file for bankruptcy after Thai Airways, and it looks like as if Garuda Indonesia...

People globally affected by the Covid-19 crisis could be soon faced with another one, namely a coffee crisis, as concerns grow over global coffee...

E-commerce is growing exponentially in Southeast Asia, with 70 million online shoppers added since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report...