‘I feel so stupid’: How young Indonesians get stuck on the debt treadmill

Online peer-to-peer lending, commonly known in Indonesian as pinjol, short for pinjaman (loan) online, is a booming industry

Thailand approves 958 billion baht of investment projects, including from TikTok 

The approvals include a large-scale data infrastructure expansion by a local unit of TikTok valued at 842 billion baht

Malaysia’s anti-graft agency vows to recover more high-value art bought with 1MDB scandal funds

Authorities say the artworks may go on public display at national art gallery and could then be auctioned for sale

Thailand’s headline inflation at 2.89% in April, the highest rate in more than 3 years

The ministry maintains its full-year inflation forecast of 1.5% to 2.5%

Hanoi orders 20% surge in IP enforcement cases in May after US warning

This is part of a nationwide campaign to combat intellectual property violations

Asean leaders seek to bring regional trade pact into force this year amid Middle East pressures

Thai, Cambodian leaders to meet on Asean sidelines amid uneasy truce 

Dim sum chain Tim Ho Wan ramps up North America, Hong Kong expansion after Jollibee acquisition

PM Wong to head to Cebu for Asean Summit; leaders to discuss trade, energy security amid Middle East tensions