Bangkok aims to generate $150 billion in annual chip revenue and add 230,000 jobs by shifting from assembly into wafer fabrication and design.

R3 Lithium's Vietnam entry targets crucial feedstock from spent EV batteries and electronics waste, securing vital local resources. This move pressures regional automotive and electronics brands to ...

A middle-income, mall-dense market with strong halal expectations and a real operational split between peninsular Malaysia and the Borneo states. Malaysia is around 34 million people, split between ...

The region's demand engine: the largest population, the deepest traditional trade and the most demanding archipelago logistics. Property is the biggest fixed commitment a retailer makes, and it is the ...

A small, wealthy, fully urban market that most groups use as a regional base, a flagship location and a talent pool rather than as a source of volume. Payment acceptance is where a lot of retail plans ...

Which platforms matter in Timor-Leste, how buyers pay, why cash on delivery still shapes the economics, and what a delivered order really costs. Online retail in Timor-Leste does not look like a ...

TikTok Shop doubled US livestream sales in H1 2026, showing a rapid export of Asia's live commerce model. US live selling market, projected at $20 billion this year, remains tiny compared to China's ...

Eighty-seven per cent of Australians concern over AI privacy creates a significant commercial risk for retail automation. Only 5 per cent of Australians trust AI companies, hindering technology ...

Allianz Ayudhya's unit-linked premium growth of 56% to 233 million baht signals robust demand from younger, affluent Thai investors. Becoming Thailand's second-largest unit-linked player shifts market ...

A small, dollarised, fast-modernising market where Phnom Penh does most of the work and mobile payment adoption is unusually advanced. Cambodia is a small market by regional standards, but one of the ...

Grab's proposed US$600 million acquisition of Foodpanda Taiwan marks its first expansion beyond Southeast Asia, entering a ninth market. The purchase of a profitable Foodpanda Taiwan, generating ...

Wendy’s Philippines and Conti’s Bakeshop, run by Filippino businessman Dennis Uy, have been sold to a local entrepreneur. Uy has decided to sell his Eight8Ate Holdings company, which operates the two ...