With its well-equipped and highly-trained land, sea, and air forces Indonesia sits at the apex of Asean in terms of military might, easily besting the nine other Asean Community (AC) members. With a population of almost 261 […]
A crackdown by the Thailand government on so-called zero-baht tours from China has had the desired effect. Hundreds of thousands of Chinese tourists planning to visit “the Land of Smiles’ have cancelled their holidays, sending […]
After allowing the burial of the remains of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos at the Heroes Cemetery (Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB)), toying with the idea of reviving the Philippine Constabulary (PC), and suspending the […]
Internet users in five Asean member countries will soon be experiencing faster and more reliable Internet services with three submarine fibre optic cable projects scheduled to be completed over the next 12 months. The three […]
In the first half of 2016 (H1 2016) motor vehicles manufactured by Japanese car maker Toyota dominated Asean car sales in three Asean member countries whose population combined represents some two-thirds of the entire Asean Community […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s 10-point national agenda which places a premium on investing in human resources, particularly education, is at risk before it gets off the ground with the House of Representatives taking pruning shears […]
Vietnam budget carrier VietJet’s on again, off again initial public offering (IPO) is on again… at least for the time being. With its 2013 plans for an overseas IPO in a seemingly endless holding pattern the […]
Indonesia President Joko Widodo is well on his way to finding the funds necessary for his ambitious infrastructure development plans with the Indonesia tax amnesty programme delivering results far better than expected. Just three months […]
The scene of a grisly double murder, a bungled police investigation, and a gross miscarriage of justice, the Thailand holiday island of Koh Tao is rapidly devolving into a filthy, putrid, cesspool sending tourists fleeing […]
An anti-American tirade by Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is putting at risk the special relationship the Philippines has with one of its oldest and closest allies at a time when the Philippines needs all of […]
Following Philippine independence in 1946 thousands of people from other parts of the country flocked to Mindanao in search of a better life giving rise to its reputation as a ‘land of promise’. While the […]
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte recently became embroiled in a tiff with the United Nations (UN) over its criticisms of his administration’s anti-drugs war. The Philippine leader accused the world body of meddling in “internal affairs” […]