Singapore is the seventh most expensive country for international education worldwide and the 16th most expensive place to live for expatriates according to recent surveys. Based on information from 707 international schools across 98 countries, […]
The ocean has become a swirling mass of pellets, water bottles, food packets, fishing wire, and plastic bags, and four countries in Asean are largely to blame for what is termed ‘marine plastic’. Long assumed […]
Cheap labour, good personal security, and a stable government has long attracted foreign investment to Vietnam. However, the increasing minimum wage, capped working hours, and the looming death of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) means […]
Thailand is facing an increasing shortage of skilled labour in key growth industries. Automotive, information communications technology (ICT), tourism, garment, and many more are suffering from a shortage of employees with sufficient skills to handle […]
Singapore may be one of the easiest country’s in the world in which to do business, but the city-state shouldn’t become complacent. Asean neighbours Indonesia and Brunei lead the world in reforms aimed at making […]
The days of Cambodia waterways and roadsides littered by discarded plastic bags could be just over the horizon following the signing of a sub-decree banning small plastic bags and levying charges for plastic bags given […]
Last year’s extreme drought and contractions in the mining sector have combined to strip Vietnam of its stellar economic growth for 2016, while what effect the death two weeks ago of King Bhumibol Adulyadej will […]
While the advent of the internet has seen the closure of hundreds of newspapers and magazines globally in Cambodia print media is far from dead, as can be seen by the unveiling of the second […]
An Apple iPhone 7 in Thailand will cost over US$1000, substantially more than its US$749 price tag in America, making it the most expensive country to buy an iPhone 7 in Asean. Southeast Asian shopping […]
Uncertainty is beginning to descend on the global nickel industry with the world’s largest nickel mining country, the Philippines, suspending 20 mines for failing an environmental audit. At the same time former world’s leading nickel […]
Singapore remains the undisputed Asean education hub with two of its universities making it into the top 100 universities globally, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016-2017. The National University of Singapore (NUS) […]
In the next 15 years the faces of Asean are set to change drastically. Although the population of Asean in 2030 will be richer and largely urbanised, the majority of the region’s GDP will still […]