South East Asia

The advent of AI is spurring tech leaders to pursue new sources of growth, laying the digital infrastructure of the region’s future. Photo: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg
Asia

Tech giants start to treat southeast asia like the next big thing

Long considered a tech hinterland, Southeast Asia is fast emerging as a centre of gravity for the industry.

A man works at an assembly line of Vinfast Auto factory in Hai Phong city, Vietnam, June 14, 2019. REUTERS/Kham
Global Economy

Factbox: How Covid-19 in Southeast Asia is threatening global supply chains

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World+Biz

10 civilians killed during US airstrike in Afghanistan on August 29: UN official

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
World+Biz

Hasan to open Bangabandhu Media Centre at PCI in Delhi tomorrow

A 3D printed Facebook logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Global Economy

Facebook, Google plan new undersea cables to connect Southeast Asia and America

According to a report in Nikkei Asian Review, PLA has mobilised its Southern Theatre Command, which oversees the South China Sea, Northern Theatre Command, which overseas Korean Peninsula, and Eastern Theatre Command, which oversees arch-rivals Japan and Taiwan. Photo: AP via Hindustan Times
World+Biz

US stands with SE Asian countries against China pressure: Antony Blinken

AirAsia planes are seen parked at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Sepang, Malaysia April 14, 2020/ Reuters
Aviation

Southeast Asia budget airline boom turns sour for planemakers, lessors

File Photo: Indonesia's Deputy Minister for Maritime Affairs Arif Havas Oegroseno points at the location of North Natuna Sea on a new map of Indonesia during talks with reporters in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 14, 2017. Reuters/Beawiharta
South Asia

Amid pandemic, SE Asian nations warn of 'alarming' South China Sea incidents