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King Maha Vajiralongkorn
King Maha Vajiralongkorn
Head of Government
Paetongtarn Shinawatra
Paetongtarn Shinawatra
A South Korean dealer looks at an electronic signboard showing the benchmark Kospi index at Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, on September 2. Photo: EPA
Global monetary policy

Macroscope | Asia is not on the edge of a new 1997-style financial crisis

While risks to Asia’s financial stability exist, they have nothing to do with the policy and structural weaknesses behind the 1997 crisis.

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Singapore

Video | Watch leaders of Thailand and Singapore croon Beatles tune

Ageing society

Need a gym partner or shopping bestie? In Thailand, you can rent one

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police arrest man over theft of HK$5,885 in foreign currency on flight

Suspect allegedly walked from back of plane to open overhead storage compartment at front of cabin and rummaged through bag, source says.

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Officers place the suspect in a police after apprehending him on a HK Express flight. Photo: Handout
Singapore

Can Singapore be the ‘natural choice’ to bridge Asean and Central Asia?

Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong says Singapore aims to explore ways to boost cooperation between both regions in various sectors.

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Iran

Video | Thailand’s Pattaya pins tourism hopes on 5,000 visiting US sailors

The resort city has faced a grim low tourist season, driven in part by the economic downturn triggered by the Iran warThe resort city has faced a grim low tourist season, driven in part by the economic downturn triggered by the Iran war.

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US, Israel war on Iran

Hello, sailor: Thailand’s Pattaya welcomes USS Abraham Lincoln crew

Over 5,000 sailors and Marines have arrived in the Thai resort city for their first shore leave in 286 days.

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American service members of the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group arrive at a hotel in Pattaya on Wednesday. Photo: AP
China travel

How Japan fell from China’s tourism top 3 despite record summer travel boom

Mainland carriers scrap more than 30 per cent of flights to Japan as travellers turn to South Korea, Thailand and Malaysia.

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Malaysia

Malaysian under fire for competing at transgender beauty pageant in Thailand

The Department of Islamic Development Malaysia said it would summon the contestant in the Miss Equality World event for questioning.

Cambodia

Southeast Asia’s scam gangs regroup after Cambodia’s crackdown

Dislodged from Cambodian compounds, cyberscam cartels have been setting up shop in Laos, Myanmar and even Malaysia.

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Thai soldiers inspect a workstation at a suspected scam compound near the Chong Chom-O’Smach border crossing with Cambodia in December. Photo: Reuters
Malaysia

As rice output falls, Malaysia looks to China’s ‘2 yields, 1 land’ model

Chinese rice-prawn farms could help boost Malaysia’s farming production as it faces hurdles to meet its rice self-sufficiency goal.

Malaysian Agriculture and Food Security Minister Mohamad Sabu (centre) visits a rice-prawn farm in the city of Wuhu in China’s eastern Anhui province in August. Photo: Facebook/Mohamad Sabu
Belt and Road Initiative

How China’s rail diplomacy could shield regional supply chains from shocks

China’s Kyrgyzstan rail pledge highlights wider drive to knit Asia together and strengthen trade links.

King Maha Vajiralongkorn

Thailand jails activist over royal motorcade livestream

She had questioned the conduct of police who dispersed farmers protesting along the route of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s motorcade in Bangkok.

Malaysia

Malaysian police smash drug ring, seize US$1 million of meth disguised as tea

The bust resulted from intelligence sharing between Malaysian and Thai police after a man is caught with suspected drugs in Hua Hin.

Methamphetamine, also known as crystal meth. Police in Malaysia and Thailand have seized a total of 252.2kg of methamphetamine through a joint operation. Photo: Shutterstock
US military

Thailand eyes economic boost as massive US fleet nears port call

Pattaya has faced a grim low tourist season, driven in part by the economic downturn triggered by the Iran war.

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People walk along a street lined with bars and entertainment venues at Jomtien Beach, in Pattaya City, Thailand, in June. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

Can Chinese sleeper hit Dear You conquer the US box office next?

After grossing nearly US$300 million in mainland China, its North American release will test its popularity beyond Chinese-speaking diaspora.

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Indonesia

Indonesia-US joint military drills with allies kick off with 4,700 soldiers

The exercises, which have been held for nearly two decades, will include special forces infiltration training and cyberdefence drills.

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Bangkok

Letters | A greener Bangkok must also be fairer

Readers discuss the revitalisation of Bangkok, and the legacy of ‘designated schools’ in Hong Kong.

Downtown Bangkok in 2024. Photo: Shutterstock
Singapore

Small state, big agenda: Singapore prepares to steer Asean through crisis

The city state takes the helm on Asean’s 60th anniversary amid civil war, tariff threats and rising global tensions.

K-pop idols

Can Southeast Asian artists replicate K-pop’s global success with SEA-pop?

Even as more regional artists are performing overseas, they should not blindly copy the K-pop playbook, industry observers say.

Semiconductors

All a board: inside Thailand’s bid to wire the world’s AI boom

Malaysia has the chips. Vietnam has the assembly lines. But Thailand’s humble circuit boards help keep the AI boom alive.

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Bangkok

Insecurity grips Thailand’s deep south amid coordinated insurgency attacks

Coordinated arson attacks, bombings and gunfire heighten mistrust in Narathiwat as Bangkok seeks to revive peace talks.

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Charred vehicles are seen at an office in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat on Sunday, following dozens of coordinated arson and incendiary attacks across Thailand’s insurgency-hit south. Photo: AFP
China’s private sector

China’s commercial space sector expands global footprint with Thailand deal

GalaxySpace describes mission as first turnkey satellite export to a Southeast Asian customer by a Chinese commercial space company.

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Japan

Japan to expand security aid to 12 Indo-Pacific nations

Tokyo has more than doubled its security assistance programme to US$114 million in a strategic push.

Banking & finance

Tiger, Futu surge overseas after Beijing clampdown strips mainland growth engine

Brokerages shift to Southeast Asia, US and Europe amid Beijing’s stepped-up drive to root out illegal cross-border securities activity.

An ad for Tiger Brokers' AI chatbot runs on a Hong Kong tram. Photo: Handout
Asean

Opinion | Why Southeast Asia isn’t buying the US’ offer of ‘flexible realism’

Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby talked up US partnerships with Asean nations during his trip to the region, but Washington’s actions contradict its ‘Asia first’ rhetoric.

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Illustration: Henry Wong
Hong Kong entertainment

US singer Post Malone delays Hong Kong concert, sparking fan complaints

Concert organiser Live Nation Hong Kong says September 16 show at Kai Tak Stadium has been postponed.

Malaysia

‘An intrusion’: data centre fights test Southeast Asia’s AI ambitions

From Malaysia to the Philippines, residents have begun resisting power-hungry AI projects planned next to their homes.

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