Southeast Asia

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...

While markets fixate on Indonesia's MSCI deadline, two compounding crises are running simultaneously - a budget haemorrhaging IDR 6.7 trillion...

On 27 January 2026, MSCI gave Indonesia four months to fix its markets or face demotion. Regulators moved fast. A...

Microsoft is building Thailand's AI infrastructure. The government needs 1.087 million high-skilled professionals by 2029. The programmes exist. The timeline...