Bogus threat to suspend Cambodia’s UN seat raises PM’s hackles The European Union is not plotting to have Cambodia thrown out of the United Nations, despite what one Phnom Penh newspaper recently reported, and what […]
Sri Mulyani Blames Oil for Weak Rupiah Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said that the unmet oil lifting target, and the declining volume, adds pressure to the rupiah exchange rate. The two factors, she said, […]
Online hiring up 3% in July E-recruitment activity across industries in Singapore rose 3% YoY in July, mainly backed by the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI), IT, and business process outsourcing (BPO) sectors, data […]
The European Union is not plotting to have Cambodia thrown out of the United Nations, despite what one Phnom Penh newspaper recently reported, and what the Cambodian government now believes. A story the Phnom Penh […]
Crop of new legislators sworn in to parliament Thirty-eight lawmakers are due to take their seats in the National Assembly on Wednesday to replace those from the previous mandate who had resigned in order to […]
Indonesia Billionaire Family Reshuffles Empire on Currency Rout Southeast Asia’s billionaire Riady family is reshuffling its health-care holdings as its core property business grapples with the emerging-market rout. — Bloomberg Indonesia foreign worker reform unlikely […]
Cambodian Political Commentator Hit With New Charges, Goes Into Hiding A Cambodian political commentator and critic of Hun Sen has been hit with new criminal charges a month after completing a prison sentence for defamation, […]
Indonesia Likely to Get Rp5.9tn from IMF-World Bank Meetings National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) head Bambang Brodjonegoro estimated the direct economic impact of the upcoming IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings could reach Rp5.9 trillion in 2017-2018. […]
Chinese gambling boom looms over Cambodia’s Kampot Kampot is one of Cambodia’s cultural jewels, but as George Styllis writes, a flood of Chinese gambling money is making residents of this small sleepy town nervous. — […]
Militants free 3 Indonesian hostages in southern Philippines Muslim militants have freed three Indonesian men they kidnapped at sea early last year off Malaysia then brought them to their jungle hideouts in the southern Philippines, […]
Cambodian NGOs Reject Invitation to Regional Forum on Proposed Lao Dams A Cambodian coalition of NGOs dedicated to raising public awareness about the risks associated with dams on the Mekong River said Thursday that it […]
Indonesia Wins IMF Backing for Response to Emerging Market Rout The International Monetary Fund backed Indonesia’s response to a selloff in its currency, saying higher interest rates and foreign-exchange intervention were appropriate steps to help […]