BEIJING, Sept 6 — Chinese state-owned semiconductor conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup plans to accelerate its international expansion, with Southeast Asia a vital target region, its chairman Li Bin said on Wednesday.

JAKARTA, Aug 24 —The growing use of solar photovoltaic cells, battery, and electric two-wheeler (E2W) industries in Southeast Asia could potentially yield between US$90 billion and US$100 billion (RM464 billion) by 2030, according to a recent research.

BASINGSTOKE, England, Aug 21 — A new study from Juniper Research, the foremost experts in emerging payment markets, has found the volume of QR code payments in leading Southeast Asian markets will increase by  more than 590 per cent,  from 13 billion in 2023 to 90 billion in 2028.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 – Southeast Asia’s demand for electricity has surpassed those of other regions globally, rising by an average of more than 6.0 per cent annually over the past two decades.

JAKARTA, June 15 — Short video app TikTok, owned by China's ByteDance, said on Thursday it would invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia over the next few years, as it doubles down on the region amid intensifying global scrutiny over its data security.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — Despite having set climate ambitions, not enough action has been taken by the governments across Southeast Asia (SEA) to meet nationally determined contribution targets by 2030, according to Southeast Asia’s Green Economy 2023 Report: Cracking the Code, by Bain & Company, Temasek, GenZero and Amazon Web Services.

MANILA, May 6 — The Philippines' Bureau of Immigration on Saturday ordered its officers at airports to strictly monitor Filipinos departing for Southeast Asian countries to prevent them from falling victim to human traffickers, reported Xinhua.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — Demand for Syariah-compliant instruments is expected to continue to rise in 2023, supported by strong economic growth amid robust oil prices and ambitious development agendas in core Islamic markets, said Moody’s Investors Service.

By Nasuha Badrul Huzaini SHAH ALAM, Nov 8 — Selangor has become the only state in a Southeast Asian country to offer free insurance coverage to its six million citizens, said Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari. The Pakatan Harapan’s candidate for the Gombak parliamentary seat in the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 — Big data can support over US$100 billion (RM446 billion) worth of opportunities in Southeast Asia, particularly across the five focus countries, namely Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 — A green recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic in Southeast Asia has the potential to create US$172 billion (RM760.2 billion) in investment opportunities annually and generate more than 30 million jobs by 2030, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 — Malaysia and Indonesia are leading the recovery of domestic travel demand in Southeast Asia (SEA), reaching 100 per cent growth in March compared with the same level in 2019, while countries such as Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam are quickly following the lead.

MANILA, March 16 — The pandemic added 4.7 million more people to Southeast Asia's most extreme poor in 2021, reversing gains made in fighting poverty, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday, while urging governments to take steps to boost economic growth.

By Nasuha Badrul Huzaini SHAH ALAM, Jan 20 — Selangor has emerged as one of the most preferred destinations for medical tourism in Southeast Asia due to the world-class healthcare treatments provided by hospitals throughout the state.  Following good and encouraging responses from the...

HANOI, Jan 10 — Terrorist threats in Southeast Asian countries declined in 2021, a Singapore think-tank said in its annual threat assessment published last week.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 13 — Malaysian security agencies, in particular the Royal Malaysian Police, are assessing the situation very carefully after Japan issued an advisory to its citizens including in Malaysia over possible terrorist threat in Southeast Asia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 — The Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has confirmed that a warning has been issued to Japanese citizens in Malaysia over possible terrorist threat in Southeast Asia.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 — Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by 5.3 per cent by the end of 2021, after having contracted by 5.6 per cent in 2020, said the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

JAKARTA, March 19 — Three Indonesian cities were listed in the top 10 most polluted cities in Southeast Asia, reported Vietnam News Agency (VNA) according to IQAir quality report in 2020.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24 — Islamic banks in South and Southeast Asia have sufficient capital and liquidity to meet the increased demand for financing as economies recover from the pandemic, according to Moody's Investors Service.