Nepali sky remains unsafe as air travel reforms stall, report warns
The country is listed among the “most dangerous countries for air travel” in international safety assessments, according to a high-level government committee report that cites…
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Underwhelming Q3 growth souring Philippines 2025 outlook
Economists downgrade full-year GDP expansion forecast to below 5 percent.
Malaysia needs complete overhaul of foreign worker recruitment policies: civil society groups
Malaysia has yet to solve the root cause of human trafficking, ranging from the forging of documents, quotas, and the labelling of victims as offenders.
How UN climate talks shaped carbon market, and what COP30 means for carbon trading in Southeast Asia
The carbon market allows parties to buy carbon credits from projects elsewhere in order to meet their emissions targets set under the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit global…
Indonesia’s robust growth number faces scepticism amid declining retail sales, rising jobless claims
Employers worry inflated figures will trigger unrealistic wage demands. Tax collection fell 4.4%. Efficiency measures, like infrastructure spending cuts, contribute to weakness.
Indonesia’s anti-corruption commission pushes ahead with probe into high-speed railway Whoosh
Dubbed as a flagship initiative of former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Southeast Asia’s first high speed railway, Whoosh had been under scrutiny even before it began…
Bangladesh’s biggest banking shakeup in motion
Bangladesh Bank took over five troubled Shariah-based banks temporarily by dissolving their boards as part of the formal merger process.
Indonesia’s exports help keep GDP growth above 5% in third quarter
Statistics Indonesia official Edy Mahmud said the average figure for the first three quarters amounted to 5.01 percent, which leaves quite a gap to meet the government’s…
I’m in charge of Whoosh now, says Indonesia President Prabowo of high-speed railway project
The President also instructed that the project be extended to Banyuwangi, East Java, broadening the expansion plan that was initially intended to reach only Surabaya.
Bhutan’s power exports set to plunge as domestic energy demands outstrip supply
Rising electricity demand will constrain exports until 2032, with recovery only after 2035.