Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...

Singapore-headquartered Grab, a ride-hailing-turned-e-commerce group and once Southeast Asia’s most valuable startup, is falling behind Indonesian competitor GoTo in the public financial markets. The downturn...

Bubble tea connoisseurs in Southeast Asia spend $3.66 billion a year on the beverage and its many variants, a new study jointly conducted by...

The global economic slowdown in recent months has not left Southeast Asia’s startups unaffected, with hundreds of workers fired from some of the largest...

Thailand’s ranking in the Travel and Tourism Development Index 2021 just released by the World Economic Forum slipped to 36th from 35th place in...

The age of electric vehicles is gradually arriving in Southeast Asia as primarily Asian car makers are launching their fleets of battery-powered cars in...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is investing $378.5 million in its Southeast Asian retail division Lazada, according to a regulatory statement filed with the...

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...

Tourism in the Asia-Pacific region will take longer to recover from the adverse effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the newly released “Travel-ready index 2022”...

The Philippines is leading in Southeast Asia for the number of so-called “Internet Poor,” which are people who cannot afford a minimum package of...

US financial services majors Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Asset Management have given business news channel CNBC their top picks for investments in Southeast Asia...

The Covid-19 pandemic – or, as some say, rather government-imposed restrictions in response to it – has increased poverty and dealt a blow to...

Travel industry experts fear that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could become a major road bump for the fragile recovery of tourism-dependent economies in Southeast...

Manufacturing activity in and tourism bookings to Southeast Asia both improved since the beginning of the year, two separate sets of data show. Thailand’s manufacturing...

Indonesia is set to start producing its own mRNA-based Covid-19 vaccines after the World Health Organisation (WHO) appointed the country as one of the...

Malaysia’s low-cost airline group AirAsia announced on February 16 that it plans to offer budget ride-sharing for vertical take-off and landing helicopters on selected...

Total gross merchandise value for food delivery in Southeast Asia hit a total value of $15.5 billion last year, a 30-per cent increase from...

Southeast Asia is entering a recovery phase from the Covid-19 pandemic, mainly helped by improving exports as the global economy is gradually strengthening, the...