Renewable energy: a driver for sustainable Asean growth
Southeast Asia energy resources combined with large renewable energy opportunities hold the key to sustainable…
Asean Supports Thai Police Wildlife & Timber Trafficking Bid
A proposal by the Royal Thai Police (RTP) to add wildlife and timber trafficking to…
Defusing The Ageing Singapore Time Bomb
According to United Nations World Population Prospects 2015 Singapore will become a super-aged society by…
2015 Cambodia GDP Shaved To 7%
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised down slightly its 2015 Cambodia GDP growth forecast…
Malaysia’s Troubles Are Just Beginning
As it tussles with multiple crises of political legitimacy and governance Malaysia has reached a…
Cambodia Property Market 1H15 Roundup
Strategically located between Bangkok and Saigon, Phnom Penh is at the centre of the East-West…
Soaring FDI boosts Vietnam 2015 GDP Forecast to 6.5% (Updated)
The latest revision to regional GDP forecasts by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) sees Vietnam…
Hack: Thai way to save on bumper bar repair costs (video)
When it comes to automobiles there’s nothing truer than the old adage ‘they don’t make…
Thailand television ad censorship call harbingers Thailand’s rush to censorship (video)
A suggestive Thailand television advertisement for fertiiser has the country’s Ministry of Culture (MoC) up…
Money Politics To Spoil Simultaneous Indonesia Local Elections
On December 9, Indonesia will have its first simultaneous local executive elections to elect governors,…
The Challenges Of Myanmar’s Extractive Industries
Following five decades of rule by socialist and military governments under which the country became…
ADB cuts Asean 2015 GDP growth forecast by 10.2%
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised down its Asean 2015 GDP growth forecast…
2015 Philippines GDP Forecast Cut By 6.25%
The Philippines will see a mild pullback in 2015 GDP growth before the economy bounces…
Minorities forgotten as Vietnam–US ties improve
Twenty years after the post–war normalisation of Vietnam–US ties, the two nations are increasingly close.…
Asia Bond Markets Pressured by Interest Rate, Currency Concerns
Emerging East Asia bond markets came under pressure in the past quarter amidst concerns over…
Lucky escape for some as tropical depression Vamco floods Pattaya (video)
Frantic scenes in the eastern seaboard province of Chon Buri, Thailand on Wednesday night with…