Who had it good — and who had it bad — in 2023
Curtis S. Chin, a former U.S. ambassador to the Asian Development Bank, is managing director of advisory firm RiverPeak Group. Jose B. Collazo is an analyst focusing on the Indo-Pacific …
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TikTok may ban links of Amazon, other e-commerce websites in the US
Short video platform TikTok’s parent ByteDance launched its online shopping service TikTok Shop in 2021 in Indonesia. The online retail platform is now available in major markets like the UK …
How Japan’s renewable underestimates are impacting Asia’s energy transition
Before the dust has even settled on key COP28 climate talks in the United Arab Emirates, Japan will host the first summit later this month on a zero carbon emission …
A new luxury hotel with rooms made from buses opens in Singapore
The resort hotel has 20 rooms which will be open for stays from Dec. 1, 2023. Source: The Bus Collective It only costs a dollar to ride a Singapore bus …
Laos is spiraling toward a debt crisis as China looms large
A pedestrians at a bus station in Vientiane, Laos, on Saturday, June 24, 2023. Valeria Mongelli | Bloomberg | Getty Images An alarming debt crisis has unfolded in Laos in …
maruti suzuki: Maruti looking to enhance flexibility in production to roll out vehicles as per market demand
Maruti Suzuki India is looking to bring in more flexibility in its production processes in order to produce vehicles as per the evolving market scenario, according to a senior company …
‘Argoland’: Scientists finally discover ‘lost continent’
Scientists have recently uncovered the mystery surrounding the lost continent known as Argoland. This ancient landmass, believed to have separated from western Australia approximately 155 million years ago, was thought …
Southeast Asia looks to renewable power for energy security
The floating solar photovoltaic power plant by EDPR Sunseap Group, a unit of Energias de Portugal SA, in Woodlands, in Singapore, on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Bryan van der Beek …
What Thailand’s new coalition government means for the cannabis market
A cannabis store along Khao San Road in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Thailand decriminalizing cannabis before passing the bill to regulate wider uses of the plant, has …
Bangkok shooting: Attack in Thailand shopping mall kills at least two people
Bangkok, Thailand CNN — Police in Thailand arrested a 14-year-old boy after a shooting at a luxury shopping mall in the capital Bangkok on Tuesday left at least two people …