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Southeast Asia has quickly emerged as an ideal destination for data centres, with Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand leading the way. Photo: Shutterstock

Opinion | As AI takes the world by storm, Asia stands to benefit

Amid rising demand for AI and cybersecurity, Southeast Asia’s lower costs, renewable energy and political neutrality are proving attractive.

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Indonesia bans iPhone 16 sales over Apple’s failure to hit investment target

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‘It’s the Chinese helping us’: Asia’s youngest nation defends its China ties

Widodo’s Asean summit ‘snub’ reveals the gaps in Indonesia’s foreign policy

His successor Prabowo Subianto seems indifferent towards the regional bloc as well – raising concerns about Indonesia’s leadership role.

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Joko Widodo with his successor Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia’s president-elect. Photo: Reuters

Widodo’s decade in power leaves an Indonesia transformed – but concerned

While Jokowi’s presidency brought growth and modernisation, his last-minute political manoeuvring raised fears of democratic backsliding.

Opinion | Asean members find common ground in disputed waters

Southeast Asian nations may take different tacks on China, but they share an interest in cooperating to defend their core interests.

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Stronger Hong Kong-Asean ties to open doors in banking, insurance markets

Hong Kong has set up advisory groups to foster stronger ties with Southeast Asia and the Middle East, helping open doors to markets.

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Daryl Ng Win-kong, part of the Asean advisory group, speaks at the Hong Kong-Asean Summit in Admiralty in September 2024. Photo: Eugene Lee

President Prabowo: Indonesia’s strongman or steward of Widodo’s legacy?

A military man with populist policies, Prabowo Subianto has pledged to continue Joko Widodo’s vision. Whether he delivers remains to be seen.

Discount shopping giant Temu enters Vietnam and Brunei amid Indonesia ban

The latest expansion initiatives of Temu reflect its efforts to grow in Southeast Asia, home to nearly 700 million people.

Amid evacuation, will Indonesians still in Lebanon see ‘destruction’ like Gaza?

Indonesia has evacuated 79 Indonesians from Lebanon so far, with 85 deciding to remain.

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Unifil peacekeepers stand on the roof of a watch tower ‏in the town of Marwahin, southern Lebanon. The mission has about 10,000 peacekeepers stationed in south Lebanon. Photo: Reuters

Alibaba’s Lazada courts Armani, D&G to fend off Shopee, TikTok

The e-commerce platform is broadening its luxury segment to ramp up sales in key markets from Indonesia to Singapore.

Southeast Asian e-commerce platform Lazada is tapping into the luxury segment to help grow its sales. Photo: Bloomberg

Opinion | To be a better connector, Hong Kong needs to know Asean better

We should not be complacent about Southeast Asia, and must cultivate stronger arts and cultural connections on the ground.

Opinion | Exploding pagers expose worrying risks in Southeast Asia’s supply chains

For the small businesses dominating Southeast Asia’s consumer electronics industry, ensuring against external tampering would be a costly burden.

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Indonesia’s palm oil farmers fear higher costs after EU deforestation law delay

The world’s biggest palm oil producer plans to hold more talks with the EU ahead of its deforestation law taking effect on December 30, 2025.

Palm oil farmers harvest palm fruits at a plantation in Aceh, Indonesia. Photo: EPA-EFE

Investors need to look at China stimulus and earnings when assessing rally: DBS

Effects of China fiscal policies and corporate earnings should be assessed before judging staying power of rally, Singaporean bank says.

A DBS Treasures branch in Hong Kong. Photo: DBS Hong Kong

Opinion | How Southeast Asia’s diplomatic dance sidesteps great power ensnarement

The leaders of Malaysia and Indonesia, among others, increasingly seek a nuanced engagement of ‘multi-alignment’ and being ‘multi-regional’.

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Unruly tourists could be jailed for life as Indonesia’s Bali steps up penalties

Increase in length of jail terms, more surveillance efforts part of law-enforcement drive to keep rule-breakers at bay, officials say.

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Indonesia bans Temu over fears Chinese shopping giant will ‘destroy’ local SMEs

Indonesian authorities say allowing Temu to operate will result in cheap goods flooding the country and squeezing out small traders.

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Temu logo online marketplace on a smartphone and computer. Photo: Shutterstock

Echoes of Gaza: Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore confront legacy of war

From boycotts to artwork and activism, the Palestinian struggle has ignited passionate responses across Southeast Asia over the past year.

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Pope creates 21 new cardinals from around the world including Tokyo’s archbishop

Isao Kikuchi will become the seventh Japanese to be appointed a cardinal; Indonesia, the Philippines and India are also represented.

Indonesia’s enforcement ‘weakness’ exposed in trial on illegal mining

Analysts say illegal mining has become a problem that is ‘intentionally not resolved’, given lack of supervision, authorities’ alleged complicity.

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A worker stands near a mining pit in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Photo: AP

Rural Indonesian women condemned for short ‘pleasure marriages’ with tourists

Some of country’s poorest young women have dozens of sex-and-chores-for-cash quickie weddings with rich tourists.

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There has been online condemnation of the practice of poor Indonesian women entering “quickie” marriages with rich overseas tourists to make ends meet. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock

‘Traumatised’: why a move to revamp Suharto is causing an uproar in Indonesia

Indonesian legislators have removed the dictator’s name from a corruption decree and proposed to award him a national hero status.

The View | Indonesia and Philippines must clean up their nickel mines

A US report on worker exploitation adds urgency to the call for reform of an industry already battling accusations of environmental abuse.

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Brother of Indonesia’s Prabowo faces Swiss court order on account seizure

Authorities in Geneva say Hashim Djojohadikusumo and his wife Anie owed US$154 million in unpaid taxes when they lived in Switzerland.

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Arsari Group Chairman and CEO Hashim Djojohadikusumo, at Conrad Hotel in Admiralty. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Indonesian Islamic leader urges continuous goods boycott over Israel-Gaza war

The call by Cholil Nafis, chairman of the Indonesian Council of Ulema, comes as the war in Gaza nears its one-year mark.

Indonesian protesters demand the closure of McDonald’s, KFC, and other restaurant outlets over their perceived support of Israel in the Gaza war. Photo: Getty Images

15 die in Indonesia mine collapse after rain causes landslide

Villagers were digging for grains of gold at the remote illegal mine in West Sumatra.

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Joko Widodo’s controversial leadership legacy

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15 October, 2024
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