Reminder – FinanceAsia Awards 2022-2023
2023-03-28
There is just over a week left to enter the 27th iteration of our flagship awards.Continue Reading
Internet cables the next front in US-China tech war
2023-03-27
The United States and China’s technology war is not only about semiconductors but now also about undersea internet cables, with Washington moving to ensure that new cables will bypass Hong Kong and be free of Chinese investments and contractors. Before the Biden administration unveiled more chip export restrictions against China in mid-2022, it helped SubCom […]Continue Reading
US and China wage war beneath the waves – over internet cables
2023-03-26
SINGAPORE: It started out as strictly business: a huge private contract for one of the world’s most advanced undersea fibre-optic cables. It became a trophy in a growing proxy war between the United States and China over technologies that could determine who achieves economic and military dominance for decades toContinue Reading
Inside the investigation bureau in Singapore that examines data from a ‘black box’ after a plane crash
2023-03-25
When Nepal’s Yeti Airlines plane crash happened in February, Singapore’s Transport Safety Investigation Bureau was roped in to help Nepalese authorities retrieve and process the data from the flight recorders – commonly called “black boxes”.Continue Reading
THAI cancels Germany flights amid strikes
2023-03-25
Thai Airways International has announced the cancellation of round-trip flights on its Bangkok-Frankfurt and Bangkok-Munich routes on Sunday and Monday because of transport workers’ strikes in Germany.Continue Reading
The high, high cost of Toyota’s EV blunder
2023-03-24
TOKYO – If you’re wondering why Japan continues to make it easy for China’s economy to race ahead, look no further than events at Toyota Motor. In decades past, Japan’s most celebrated name disrupted the US and Europe with innovation and productivity methods the West struggled to match. Now, a similar disruption is happening to Toyota. The electric […]Continue Reading
CashKu signs MoU with Kakitangan.com
2023-03-24
Users can save or invest for as low as US$2.26Â
Make app accessible to Mâsians, help them plan for retirement Advisonomics, a licensed financial planning firm, has partnered with Kakitangan.com to make the CashKu mobile app accessible to more Malaysians. Â
In a statement, the cloud payroll and HR software provider said both parties…Continue Reading
1-year-old Bukit Panjang BTO project hit by second water supply disruption in 3 months; MP says it’s ‘unacceptable’
2023-03-23
SINGAPORE: Residents at a Build-to-Order (BTO) project in Bukit Panjang suffered a three-hour water outage last Sunday (Mar 19), the second water supply disruption since they moved in about a year ago. The town council has identified an electrical fault as the cause of the outage but the Member ofContinue Reading
Southeast Asia’s power dynamic is not quite “Game of Thrones”
2023-03-20
As jostling superpowers U.S. and China continue to maintain global influence, Southeast Asia’s combined power could put the region in a prime position to rise to the top rungs of political potential, as Australian think tank Lowy Institute’s latest Asia Power Index suggests
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Indonesia’s Merapi volcano erupts, spews hot lava
2023-03-18
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, erupted on Friday night (Mar 17) and continued to spew hot ash and other volcanic material on Saturday. Footage of flaming lava pouring out of the crater and a tall column of hot cloud rising 1,300m into the airContinue Reading