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Asian banks extended more than USD 17 billion to Gulf borrowers in 2025, a record. The Iran conflict froze much...

Jet fuel hit USD 183 a barrel in Q2 2026. AirAsia lost MYR 830.5 million, Cebu Pacific PHP 5.5 billion,...

Malaysia’s data-centre boom is attracting billions of dollars of debt, but the next test will not come when the buildings...

Asia's energy capital story just split in two. Mature markets like Japan and Korea now send 92% of investment to...

Chip stocks lost USD 1.3 trillion in a week despite record earnings. Four research houses say enterprise AI still cannot...

UNODC's latest threat assessment argues that Southeast Asia's organised crime economy now functions less as a collection of national ecosystems...

Asia-Pacific insurers are navigating geopolitical conflict, climate volatility and AI-enabled fraud at the same time. The bigger shift, however, is...

The question after Iran's war resumed is no longer whether Southeast Asia can absorb another shock. It is whether boards...

Thailand’s auto sector is shrinking while EV investment is rising. The investors reading that as a simple recovery story are...

Southeast Asia’s investment boom is masking a growing divide. The markets attracting the largest volumes of foreign capital are not...