Exports sank 8% to $5.5-billion in March Trade deficit widened to $2.6 billion in March, as exports sank for the third straight month this year and imports barely grew, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority […]
RI`s working population reaches 127.07 million: BPS Indonesia`s working population has reached 127.07 million in February 2018, up by 2.53 million compared to the same period of 2017, which has been recorded at 124.54 million, […]
The Philippines is planning a $14 billion ‘pollution-free’ city that will be larger than Manhattan Manila, the hyper-dense capital of The Philippines, is known for its traffic jams. In a 2016 survey, navigation company Waze […]
Thailand to increase taxes on crypto-currency while most countries make it easier An increasing number of countries are looking at the cryptocurrency space, with three national governments launching efforts to regulate and examine projects in […]
Indonesia’s Presidential Election May Only Have One Candidate Indonesian President Joko Widodo may find himself without a challenger in the next election. — BloombergQuint Australia’s Crown Group Announces First, $500m Project in Indonesia The Crown […]
`UNDER DUTERTE, U.S. AND PHILIPPINES KICK OFF LARGEST MILITARY DRILLS EVER Around 8,000 U.S. and Philippine soldiers kicked off joint military drills Monday, the largest held so far under the Asian nation’s leader Rodrigo Duterte. […]
Editor-in-chief, Kay Kimsong, business editor Brendan O’Byrne, and sub-editor Ananth Baliga are the first casualties at The Phnom Penh Post following its sale to Malaysian businessman Sivakumar S Ganapathy last week and announced over the […]
Mandiri Property Targets IDR400 Billion Fund Disbursement Exhibition of Mandiri Property Expo 2018 which took place at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) on May 5-13, 2018, targets to book Mandiri KPR or morgage loans disbursement […]
Philippine signs $1-B loan deal with South Korea The Philippines has signed an agreement with South Korea that would enable the Duterte administration to borrow as much as $1 billion over the next five years. […]
Cambodia’s oldest newspaper The Phnom Penh Post is set to enter a new phase after its parent company was sold yesterday (May 4) to a Malaysian public relations company with links to the Cambodia government […]
Dollar’s Comeback Knocks Stocks in Indonesia as Foreign Investors Flee One of the biggest casualties of the rising dollar is the emerging market of Indonesia, which is seeing heavy stocks selling by foreign investors. — […]
China deploys missiles on 3 PH-claimed reefs The United States on Thursday reiterated the importance of keeping a presence in the region amid China’s increasing militarization of the South China Sea, where Chinese forces recently […]