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Thailand hopes to be ‘bridge’ for Myanmar and Asean, foreign minister says

Myanmar urged to start dialogue and reduce violence

Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada is stepping up its courtship of Asia; the campaign was readily apparent in Singapore last week with a conference devoted to stronger ties with South-east Asia.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

To win over Asia, Canada needs more than nice speeches

CANADA is on a public-relations roll. Prime Minister Mark Carney wowed Davos elites by declaring a “rupture” with the American-led financial and industrial system that has prevailed for decades. 

Although Indonesian consumers' purchasing power has weakened, businesses which effectively serve the lower-income segment can still thrive.
Wealth & Investing
DUE DILIGENCE

Beyond the dip: How VCs can bet on Indonesia’s resilience

While major cases of fraud have wiped confidence in the country’s startups, there are still opportunities in South-east Asia’s largest economy

The Malaysian government and central bank project the country's economic growth to come in at between 4 and 4.5% in 2026, amid persisting uncertainties about the impact of US tariffs.
Asean Business

Malaysia’s economy expands 5.2% in 2025, Q4 growth hits three-year high

Bank Negara expects stronger spending, exports and a firmer ringgit to lift growth momentum into 2026

Attackers often exploit smaller or less-protected companies to gain access to larger systems, but many companies lack the resources or expertise to handle advanced cyberthreats, PM Wong notes.
Singapore
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Budget 2026: Security-related spending expected to rise in coming years

In addition to physical attacks, the Republic is also vulnerable to cyberthreats

The Johor facility will serve as DayOne's regional operations and capability-building base, designed to train more than 1,000 data-centre operations engineers.
Asean Business

DayOne sets up Johor training hub, expands KL shared services centre

The state, the company’s entry point into Malaysia, has since grown into its largest market in the Asia-Pacific

Projesh Banerjea, managing director and part of the Apac infrastructure team at KKR, says digital infrastructure has singular capital needs, "both in terms of building assets and recycling of assets through buying stabilised assets".
Companies & Markets

‘No other sector like it’: KKR sees no let-up in AI-driven infrastructure boom after STT GDC deal

Deep pools of private capital are chasing data centres, one of Asia’s most capital-intensive asset classes

Maybank unveiled a five-year roadmap unveiled that commits RM10 billion (S$3.2 billion) to technology investments.
Asean Business

Malaysia’s Maybank, Yinson launch first tokenised ringgit pilot for Asean cross-border payments

The project is conducted under Bank Negara Malaysia’s Digital Asset Innovation Hub

Customers at a shopping centre in Jakarta. Asean, with nearly 700 million consumers and rapidly expanding middle classes, represents one of the fastest-growing demand bases in the global economy.
Opinion & Features
NEW GLOBAL ORDER

Asean+3, not the US, is now the world’s largest market

This structural shift has measurable consequences for how shocks propagate

Singapore’s role could evolve from hosting regional listings to providing institutional architecture that makes Asean sovereign flows investable under Coins-era compliance requirements.
Opinion & Features

Beyond the hub: Singapore’s strategic choice in the age of capital geofencing

With index freezes in Jakarta and new investment curbs in Washington, Singapore must evolve into a key node for compliant Asean investment

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