Southeast Asia

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...

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....

Chinese-backed operators hold 58.4% of Johor's data centre capacity. Washington's AI chip Affiliates Rule returns in November 2026. Malaysia's non-aligned...

TNB has signed 7,100 MW of data centre electricity agreements and holds applications beyond 11,000 MW. Malaysia's water regulator has...

RM342 billion in approved digital investments. Second-largest developing-economy destination for digital FDI in the world, behind only India. The numbers...

The Philippines is Southeast Asia's largest semiconductor exporter and is pitching US capital on a USD 110 billion expansion roadmap....

Indonesia built Danantara to fix its governance credibility problem. The MSCI crisis has revealed the paradox: the fund's borrowing capacity...