Asia in Focus

Indonesia's free meals programme caused mass food poisonings, triggered a corruption raid on its own agency and consumed 44% of...

A formal Indonesian downgrade does not hit all investors simultaneously or through the same mechanism. Government bonds, IDX equity, private...

Indonesia's rupiah is at a record low. Its stock market is the world's worst performer in 2026. Credit default swaps...

Indonesian students take to streets protesting fuel subsidy cuts and government spending priorities, Thailand and Malaysia clash over seafood trade...

Southeast Asian family offices are the world's most AI-committed investors at 88%. The conglomerates they own cannot execute on that...

Indonesia realised IDR 1,931.2 trillion in investment in 2025 - 101.3% of target, up 12.7% year-on-year. The commitment-to-disbursement gap remains...

Vietnam's manufacturing FDI hit a five-year high in 2025. The grid carrying it is funded at 40% of required capacity....

The factories are arriving. The power grid in Vietnam cannot keep up. The engineering graduates in Malaysia are not graduating...

Malaysia secures energy supplies until end July, Indonesia channels commodity exports through state monopoly sparking trade fears, Thailand positions itself...

Homepage Intro: Malaysia launches real-time dashboard to track supply crisis impact, Thailand fast-tracks OECD membership bid by 2028, AI boom...