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The Asian Development Bank has announced a plan to mobilize up to $6 billion by 2030 to strengthen capital markets across Southeast Asia, aiming to reinforce the region’s financial resilience amid rising global risks. The initiative was presented alongside the release of the April 2026 Asian Development......
Escalating conflict in the Middle East erased approximately $62 billion from the combined wealth of Southeast Asian billionaires in March, reshuffling the region's richest rankings as Asia-Pacific stock markets buckled under surging energy prices and a collapse in investor confidence. The 150 ASEAN......
The war in Iran, now entering its second month, is sending cascading economic shockwaves across Southeast Asia, where surging energy costs are rapidly translating into food insecurity and social unrest. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warned Thursday that the conflict in the Persian......
Thailand announced Saturday it has reached an agreement with Iran allowing Thai oil tankers to transit safely through the Strait of Hormuz, a rare diplomatic breakthrough as the strategic waterway remains virtually closed to commercial shipping amid the ongoing war between the United States, Israel and......
The war in Iran has upended energy markets and exposed vulnerabilities in fossil fuel supply chains. Consumers and governments now show sharp interest in clean energy technologies, from electric vehicles and rooftop solar panels to heat pumps and induction stoves. Fighting has nearly halted oil exports......
Cambodia will join President Donald Trump's Peace Council, Prime Minister Hun Manet announced on Facebook Monday, making his country the first ASEAN member to commit to the controversial international body. The move follows an invitation Trump extended to the Southeast Asian leader on January 16,......
The Philippines announced Thursday it would block Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot "by tonight," marking the third Southeast Asian nation in under a week to restrict access amid global outcry over its use in generating sexual deepfakes of women and children. The decision came hours after X,......
Thailand has released 18 Cambodian soldiers who had been detained since July, a move confirmed by both governments and seen as a confidence-building step following a recently agreed ceasefire between the two neighboring countries. The Cambodian authorities announced that the soldiers returned safely......
Thailand and Cambodia agreed on Saturday to implement an immediate ceasefire in their border conflict, which has claimed at least 47 lives and displaced nearly one million people over the past three weeks, according to a joint statement by both governments. The truce came into effect at 05:00 GMT and......
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