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Indiscriminate river sand mining threatens Southeast Asia, landmark study warns

Demands driven by global markets, while impacts are felt by local riverside communities, researchers say

The Independent UK

Asean's human rights system evolves

In Southeast Asia, the main pilot for human rights initiatives is the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). It was established over a decade ago and was foreseen by the Asean Charter. It is part of the regional ecosystem, scaling up to the Asean Foreign Ministers and the Asean…

Bangkok Post

The AI Chip Blockade Is Creating a Shadow Market

US export controls have spurred a multi-billion-dollar AI chip gray market in Southeast Asia, with firms like Moonshot and Alibaba using proxy cloud access to secure NVIDIA-based compute.

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VinFast’s Cars Got Roasted. Will Its Scooters Save The Brand?

VinFast is expanding its electric scooter lineup across Southeast Asia, but these cheap EVs could also unlock a niche US opportunity.

RideApart

A subsidiary of Southeast Asia’s largest tech firm is looking to build a ‘regional digital banking group’ out of Singapore

MariBank launched in 2023 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sea, Southeast Asia’s largest tech firm and No. 12 on the Fortune Southeast Asia 500.

Fortune

Thailand leads regional peers in digital trust ranking

A new report dubs Thailand the epicentre of digital trust in Southeast Asia, leading the region in consumer confidence in both human creators and generative artificial intelligence (AI).

Bangkok Post

SpaceAI could be Southeast Asia’s edge against El Niño—if governments actually use it

SpaceAI—the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and space technologies—can help Southeast Asia turn raw data into outcomes like saved lives.

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The roadmap for a baht-backed stablecoin

Over the past few years, Thailand has emerged as one of Southeast Asia's most proactive and structured hosts for digital asset regulation. Driven by a high level of retail crypto adoption, a tech-savvy population and strong institutional backing, the focus has shifted towards building a utility-driven digital asset system.

Bangkok Post

Asean's next security challenge is cyber

It is not easy to imagine that our online activities carry intensifying and proliferating risks. Scam networks in mainland Southeast Asia that have preyed on many thousands of hapless citizens worldwide and thereby plagued the Asean region are just one of these risks. More potent are the cyber operations perpetrated…

Bangkok Post

Healthy diets need to be affordable

Hunger is falling across Southeast Asia. The region's next challenge is more demanding: ensuring that everyone can afford a healthy diet, not merely enough calories to survive.

Bangkok Post

China approves first overseas TSR20 delivery warehouse in Thailand

SINGAPORE — China's Shanghai International Energy Exchange has approved its first overseas delivery warehouse for TSR20 rubber futures, extending its delivery network ‌into major rubber-producing areas in Southeast Asia.

Bangkok Post

Asean's hidden human crisis

Southeast Asia is often celebrated as a region on the rise: expanding middle classes, booming digital economies, and deepening regional integration. In 2024, the region's 11 economies reached a combined GDP of nearly US$4 trillion (133.9 trillion baht), with growth projected to climb further in 2025. Foreign investment surged even…

Bangkok Post

Southeast Asia is ‘hungry for innovation’ and eager to leapfrog, says SAP’s new APAC president Verena Siow

Southeast Asia, home to young, digitally-savvy populations and a rising middle class, offers fertile ground for leapfrogging.

Fortune

Kazakhstan eyes stronger trade ties with West Bengal

Kazakhstan's ambassador expressed keen interest in expanding business engagement with West Bengal. The nation views West Bengal as a crucial gateway to northeast India and Southeast Asia. Cooperation is sought across pharmaceuticals, mining, energy, and manufacturing sectors. A high-level business delegation will visit India in September for discussions. Kazakhstan offers…

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Pop Mart takes Labubu from toy shelves to bakery counters

Beijing's Pop Mart is opening its first international bakery in Singapore. The company is transforming popular characters into edible pastries and beverages. This move diversifies their business beyond toy manufacturing and sales. Pop Mart also plans future dessert shops across Southeast Asia. They aim to leverage intellectual property across various…

Bangkok Post

AI is fuelling new wave of identity fraud

AI-driven identity fraud is emerging as a growing cyberthreat as attackers increasingly exploit synthetic identities, deepfakes and autonomous artificial intelligence agents to target digital systems, according to Ping Identity.

The Economic Times

Scientists unlocked a 4,000-year-old secret inside ancient human teeth. A woman’s clean smile in Thailand revealed surprising chemical proof of early betel nut chew habits

New chemical analysis of ancient dental plaque from a burial site in Thailand revealed preserved traces of betel nut alkaloids. Remarkably, the woman’s teeth showed no visible stains. This discovery provides the earliest direct biomolecular proof of betel nut consumption in Southeast Asia, proving humans were getting high off the…

The Economic Times

In India, Iran war forces Diet Coke to roll out a bigger can, heftier price tag

Coca-Cola has raised Diet Coke prices in India by over 10% after the ongoing Middle East conflict disrupted supplies of aluminium cans. The company is importing costlier 330-ml cans from Southeast Asia as supplies of its usual 300-ml cans have been hit by shipping disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz.

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DES minister says building trust key to creating AI hub

Thailand is betting on trustworthy artificial intelligence (AI) to become an AI hub in Southeast Asia by placing governance, infrastructure and talent at the heart of its national strategy.

Bangkok Post

China’s durian imports from Thailand and Malaysia soar as glut pressures growers

HONG KONG — China's durian imports rose 47%, year on year, in the first half of 2026, with Thailand and Malaysia posting particularly strong gains, according to customs data, as Southeast Asian exporters offloaded a glut of the fruit that had sparked a price drop.

The Times of India

Philippines is building 422 MW of solar farms above fish ponds, and the idea could change renewable energy forever

Vietnam's VinEnergo and Philippine developer SunAsia Energy have agreed to build 422 megawatts peak of solar power spread across three sites in the Philippines, using a design that lifts the panels on steel piles above active fish ponds rather than floating them directly on the water. The approach is intended…

Times Life

How the Archerfish Spits Water at Insects With Ballistic Precision and Rarely Misses

A Fish That Solves Physics Without Knowing ItThe archerfish fires a jet of water at an insect sitting on a branch above the surface and hits it. Not sometimes. Routinely. From distances of up to three metres, with a brain that weighs less than a gram. The species most studied…

The Economic Times

ASEAN's top diplomats meet in shadow of US-Iran conflict

Southeast Asian ministers meet amid global and regional instability this week. Tensions between the United States and Iran are casting a shadow over discussions. Maritime disputes in the South China Sea also demand attention from diplomats. ASEAN's peace initiative for Myanmar continues to struggle for traction. U.S. officials reaffirm commitments…

Bangkok Post

Thai team touts AI hub ambitions during China visit

Thailand is stepping up efforts to establish itself as Southeast Asia's artificial intelligence (AI) hub after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and Digital Economy and Society (DE) Minister Chaichanok Chidchob held high-level talks with China's Huawei Technologies on expanding cooperation in AI infrastructure, next-generation data centres and digital talent development.

Bangkok Post

Pumped storage can aid transition

When you flip a light switch or charge your phone, you're tapping into an intricate energy web that's quietly transforming across Southeast Asia. With electricity demand projected to more than triple by 2050, the Mekong region is standing at a crossroads: continue relying on carbon-heavy sources or leap towards a…

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