A total of 20 people — five Indian nationals and 15 Thais — have now been arrested for alleged involvement in a phone scam network preying on elderly Americans with damages exceeding 3 billion baht, police said on Wednesday.Continue Reading
Protectionist trade policies and the lack of an economic agenda for East and Southeast Asia have become central themes in critiques of US policy towards the region and its approach to managing US-China “strategic competition.” According to these accounts, US protectionism undermines its economic draw in East Asia — and the political leverage stemming from it — at a time when it has […]Continue Reading
JAKARTA – Whether it is the crowning achievement of his already impressive legacy, or he genuinely believes it will re-balance economic development away from dominant Java, President Joko Widodo is clearly determined to do all he can to move the Indonesian capital to East Kalimantan. In the end, however, it will depend on his successor, […]Continue Reading
The social media app TikTok has been a focus of concern that the Chinese government could access data on individual users. Whether the app poses a security risk remains unclear, but TikTok has now been banned from government devices in several countries. However, reports suggest that computer-based tools designed to collect data from publically available […]Continue Reading
Malaysian index ranked joint fifth alongside Dow Jones among 10 indices surveyedâ
TNB and Press Metal Aluminium place joint-first amongt 30 companies surveyed âCompanies on the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBMKLCI) lacked the appropriate content and level of detail needed for optimal transparency in their ESG reporting, a study has found, resulting in…Continue Reading
The strict restrictions on the Chinese internet mean companies have “significantly less data resources for training purposes compared to Western competitors”, Lauren Hurcombe, a technology lawyer at DLA Piper, told AFP. Ernie Bot has not yet been launched for public use. China has announced ambitious plans to become a globalContinue Reading
The listing comes as the global initial public offerings (IPO) market last year plunged from a record-breaking 2021.Continue Reading
TOKYO – South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s recent visit to Japan took an often backward-facing relationship and reset it looking forward, at least for the time being. The US was pleased to see its two allies working together rather than arguing about history. Yoon spent two days in Japan, meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida […]Continue Reading
Aims to democratise IP valuation through automation
Second-round of funding by end of 2023 to expand features âDespite businesses putting in the effort to conceptualise and protect their IP, most of the time they are unable to commercially exploit it due to challenges in getting financing,â explained Tee Lin Yik, CEO and…Continue Reading
The US and Australia have announced plans to develop a hypersonic aircraft, the latest development in the AUKUS allies’ high-tech defense partnership that is fast-transforming the region’s security dynamics. This week, Defense News reported that the US Department of Defense (DOD) has selected Australia-based aerospace company Hypersonix to develop a high-speed aircraft to test hypersonic […]Continue Reading