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- Filipino woman jailed for being part of Cambodia scam syndicate targeting Singapore victimson August 24, 2026
The woman had testified that she had travelled to Cambodia for a job but later discovered it was a scam compound.
- Indonesia will build trustworthy commodity exchange, chief supervisor candidate Sarjito sayson August 24, 2026
The commodity bourse is set to start operations on Jan 1.
- South Korea says US cancels joint marine drill over Iran waron August 24, 2026
The cancellation follows US President Donald Trump’s order last week to scale down the separate annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises.
- India’s security chief Ajit Doval visits China for border talks ahead of BRICS meetingon August 24, 2026
He will meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Aug 25, as well as Vice-President Han Zheng.
- Indonesia’s Vidio aims to release 6 AI-generated titles in 2027by Jofie Yordan on August 24, 2026
AI is helping the streaming platform cut animation costs by up to 40% as it expands its local IP pipeline and explores new formats.
- Indonesia to open airspace for cloud seeding to tackle haze, Malaysia sayson August 24, 2026
Malaysia is prepared to offer assistance to Indonesia in extinguishing fires, said a Cabinet minister.
- These are the most active investors in Vietnam’s startupsby Aya Lin on August 24, 2026
Which investors are writing the most checks to Vietnam-based startups?
- Indonesia to open airspace for cloud seeding to tackle haze, Malaysia says on August 24, 2026
Sarawak, which borders Indonesia’s Kalimantan province on Borneo island, has been worst hit by the haze.
- Pakistan’s Munir spoke to Trump ahead of Tehran visit, sources sayon August 24, 2026
ISLAMABAD, Aug 24 – U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir last week ahead of Munir’s trip to Tehran on Monday, according to three Pakistani sources, with one saying the main U.S. request was to use Pakistan’s influence to bring Iran back to negotiations.
- SBI Group backs US stablecoin startup Fasset at $1b valuationby Grace Priscilla Teo on August 24, 2026
Its SBI Remit ties connect it to 470,000 locations across about 200 countries.
- Taiwan indicts nine over alleged illegal export of AI servers to Chinaon August 24, 2026
The defendants included employees of Nvidia and Super Micro.
- Japan lawmakers visit China seeking to patch up tieson August 24, 2026
- Nvidia in talks to invest in Perplexity at $30b valuationby Grace Priscilla Teo on August 24, 2026
Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said the company plans to go public in 2028.
- STMicroelectronics, NUS launch edge AI lab in Singaporeby Aiko Gao Ishida on August 24, 2026
The lab will use ST’s P18 18nm FD-SOI technology and embedded phase-change memory.
- The audio-only AI companion fighting youth screen addictionby Peter Cowan on August 24, 2026
Wippi is building a screen-free AI companion to tackle childhood tech addiction through interactive stories and conversational games.
- Xiaomi launches Xring O3 chip with TSMC productionby Diya Lal on August 24, 2026
TSMC will manufacture the chip using its 3-nanometre process.
- Why AI sales pipelines can be misleadingby Gilang Kharisma on August 24, 2026
JJellyfish co-founder Jen Abel says sellers need stronger signals of buyer intent than qualified leads and CRM forecasts.
- Series SEA: Who’s investing in the region’s biotech startups?by Aya Lin on August 24, 2026
We’ve compiled a list of investors that are pouring money into Southeast Asia’s biotech startups.
- Pro-presidential party in Kazakhstan won 71% of votes in weekend election, electoral commission sayson August 24, 2026
ALMATY, Aug 24 – Adilet, a newly-formed pro-government party in Kazakhstan, has won just over 71% of the vote in a parliamentary election held on Sunday, the electoral commission said on Monday, in a result likely to consolidate President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s power.
- China Moon mission to find water ice: unlike anything NASA’s doneby Richard de Grijs on August 24, 2026
How do you explore a place where the Sun never shines? China’s space program will soon embark on one of the most innovative lunar exploration missions in recent years. We’ve known for nearly two decades that some form of water exists on the Moon. What we still don’t know is exactly how much […]
- China’s netizens rage against professor who said gig work was a type of ‘welfare’on August 24, 2026
The term ‘flexible employment’ has gone viral in China.
- Gripped by El Nino, Indonesia battles intensifying wildfireson August 24, 2026
El Nino and dried out peatlands have been behind some of the country’s worst fire seasons.
- Trump’s Kim gambit deepens doubts over US reliability at a key moment for Asiaon August 24, 2026
TOKYO/TAIPEI/NEW DELHI, Aug 24 – Donald Trump’s olive branch to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un at the expense of a long-standing ally comes at a pivotal moment for U.S. security ties in Asia, as partners from Japan to India reassess how much they can rely on Washington.
- US cancels joint marine drills with South Korea over Iran war-related force constraintson August 24, 2026
The allies remain in close consultations on resuming the drills.
- Arson and bomb attacks hit more than 70 locations in Thailand’s deep south, authorities sayon August 24, 2026
At least three people were injured in a coordinated series of arson attacks.
- Alibaba Cloud launches Wan3.0 video generation modelby Minh Le on August 24, 2026
Wan3.0 can accept DOC, XLS, PPT, PDF, and Markdown files as inputs.
- Software firm designed medicines, overcoming skull’s limitationsby Nilesh Jasani on August 24, 2026
Anthropic has just published the results of a protein design campaign. Fifteen targets, a written brief and an instruction to design small proteins that latch onto them. The model succeeded against fourteen. Between 22.6% and 35.1% of its designs bound when two independent laboratories built and […]
- China media hails Canada’s ‘Chinese-style’ tariff retaliationon August 24, 2026
The media cast Ottawa’s move as validating Beijing’s opposition to Washington’s protectionist trade policies.
- EDB, Temasek, UOB executives join SFA fintech councilby Grace Priscilla Teo on August 24, 2026
Established in 2024, the council helps connect Singapore’s fintech sector with the government.
- Chocolate Finance to launch business accountsby Naomi Li Gan on August 24, 2026
The account is designed for businesses as the company expands from its consumer offering into business cash management.
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