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Boracay could finally get a casino as Philippine government looks for fresh tax sources
The Philippine holiday island of Boracay in the country’s Western Visayas region will likely soon get a casino after a gambling ban has been...
Sihanoukville transforms into “casino city” with Chinese help
Cambodia’s southern beach town of Sihanoukville is slowly transforming into a new regional gambling hub that could even resemble Macao, observers say. Chinese investors...
Kim Jong-un’s half-brother killed at Kuala Lumpur airport
Kim Jong-nam, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s estranged half-brother, was killed in an apparent assassination in the morning of February 14 at Kuala Lumpur International...
Google Street View enters Cambodia
Search engine giant Google has deployed its Street View camera cars for the first time in Cambodia in an aim to map the country....
Singapore’s Temasek buys stake in Philippine casino
Singapore's state investment fund Temasek Holdings said in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier in June that it has acquired a...
Manila challenges Macao with $1.2b casino
The opening of a new casino complex in Manila on March 16 comes as an attempt of the Philippines to emulate the success of...
Thai Airways launches new discount airline
In a move to protect its business share in the lucrative discount carrier market, Thai Airways is launching a new discount airline, Thai Smile.
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...