Navigating automation in Cambodia: Will robots take jobs or create them?
Cambodia’s manufacturing sector, which employs a significant portion of the workforce, has seen slow but steady shifts towards automation.
Economic Affairs
Malaysians have highest grocery bill in South-East Asia
Experts said several factors explain this, including a reliance on food imports, a weaker Ringgit, and farm labour shortages.
In Japan, rice purchase applications halted amid huge demand
The government is now expected to reach its 200,000-ton limit for releasing state-stockpiled rice that was harvested in 2022, according to the agriculture ministry.
Nepal eyes tourism, economic boost with new digital nomad visa policy
The proposed policy allows remote workers to live, work, open bank accounts, and even register vehicles in Nepal, with infrastructure development and tax provisions to attract…
Budget-conscious beauty: With rising cost of living, many Malaysians now more thrifty, even for their looks
With a growing list of financial obligations, many Malaysians could no longer afford skincare and wellness products.
Japan government to spend US$6.2 billion in response to U.S. tariffs
The government compiled in April an emergency response package, which includes measures to stimulate consumption and support small and medium-sized businesses, and has now secured…
Discretionary contracts for stockpiled rice: Will they help calm prices?- The Japan News
It is important to promote measures to stabilise prices that will be acceptable to both consumers and producers.
Bangladesh can earn $1 billion a year from carbon market: analysts
A lack of clear national policy, however, continues to limit investment in the sector, analysts said at a discussion.
Developing nations face ‘tidal wave’ of China debt: report
China's Belt and Road Initiative lending spree of the 2010s has paid for shipping ports, railways, roads and more from the deserts of Africa to the tropical South Pacific.
Latest data points to China’s economic resilience despite trade headwinds
Officials and economists said the positive trends underscore the effectiveness of stimulus policy measures in cushioning the impact of the United States' tariff hikes and…