Vietnam Banking Sector Still Not Corruption Free
As Vietnam begins reign-in red-tape and divest its extensive, state-owned enterprise (SOE) holdings, increasing attention…
Why The Cambodia Daily Must Pay Its Tax Bill or be Shutdown
Unless an (unlikely) miracle occurs, when tomorrow’s edition of The Cambodia Daily rolls off the…
NUS Study: Cambodia Deforestation Increases Child Health Issues
A team of researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found that the…
Indonesia Still Haunted by Asian Financial Crisis Ghosts
In 1996 Southeast Asia was celebrating its ‘economic miracle’ as the World Bank (WB) lauded…
Singapore Viaduct Collapse: Is Too Much Transparency Harmful?
After an in-construction viaduct near Singapore’s Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) collapsed on July 14, killing one…
Lift Commercial Surrogacy Ban Cambodia Trial of Cancer Struck Aussie Nurse Told
A Cambodian defence attorney has called for the current ban on commercial surrogacy in Cambodia…
Preferring to Neither Sink or Swim Jokowi Pulls the Plug on Jakarta: Asean’s Sinking Cities
Last week the head of Indonesia’s National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), Bambang Brodjonegoro, announced that the government is…
Philippines To Host Asean Youth Conference 2017
Pampanga, in Central Luzon the Philippines, is to host the inaugural Asean Youth Conference between November…
Vietnam’s ‘System Fault’ Fostering Corruption
The first half of 2016 saw Vietnam’s fight against corruption gain new momentum. Having consolidated…
Asean’s Navies The Poor Cousins At Budget Time
With Southeast Asian nations facing a deteriorating external security environment and increasing Chinese maritime assertiveness,…
Directive Opens Door For Surrogacy Babies to Leave Cambodia
A new directive by Cambodia’s Council of Ministers clarifies the future of dozens of unborn babies…
Lingering Gaps as Asean Banking Sector Inches Towards Integration
Back in 1997 Asean leaders agreed to transform Southeast Asia into a stable, prosperous and…
Freeport’s Fallout For Indonesia Foreign Investors
Freeport-McMoRan (Freeport), the largest mining company operating in Indonesia, may soon be exiting after fifty…
Indonesia ‘Death Zoo’: President Widodo Petitioned to Save Starving Sun Bears at Bandung Zoo
A petition imploring Indonesia President Joko Widodo and Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya…
Auditing Watchdog Slaps Indonesia Ernst & Young Affiliate With $1 mil Fine
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) is showing they won’t treat miscreants lightly, no…
Indonesian Continues Reforms to Business Process
After moving up 15 places in the World Bank’s annual ease of doing business report…