We look at the images, technologies and partnerships charting Southeast Asia’s shifting social landscapes
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To expand digitalisation platform, improve existing products
Closed initial US$2.7mil Series A2Â from 4 investors in 2021Â WhyQ, a digital innovation startup focused on helping micro-SMEs (MSMEs) digitise their business, has successfully secured an additional US$1.08 million (RM4.6 million) in an extension to its Series A2 funding round.Â
In a statement, the firm said…Continue Reading
Layoffs has not affected ops in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia “Important to reiterate to everyone that customer funds are safe” Digital asset exchange Luno’s recent announcement of the layoffs for roughly a third of their staff globally is the result of “an incredibly tough year”, but will not affect operations in the…Continue Reading
In his online meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping in November 2021, US President Joe Biden proposed guardrails for the US-China relationship. His proposal reflected deep concerns about the potential for a military confrontation due to a miscalculation or an accident. More than a year has passed since then, so have such guardrails been established? […]Continue Reading
As the ambitious, short-lived agreement marks two significant anniversaries, its influence and impact on ASEAN trade and geopolitics still survives through resurrected and new deals.
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A House committee met with a US official from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) to discuss space-related programmes that can assist Thailand’s climate change mitigation efforts.Continue Reading
The upcoming elections in Thailand might raise hopes of a post-coup democratic consolidation. But the polls could well result in a hung parliament or worse.
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A passion for Southeast Asia and an interest in the region’s poulations and economic development helped inspire amateur cartographer Terence Teo’s striking high definition maps of ASEAN countries.
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Nearly seven decades after it was discredited, McCarthyism is back in the United States with a bigger and more ambitious agenda. The original version to oust “commies” and “traitors,” named after Republican politician Joseph McCarthy, took America by storm during the first Cold War. From February 1950 to December 1954, the redneck first-term senator was […]Continue Reading
Claims JHB1 will be the most sustainable data centre in Malaysia
Will be funded under AirTrunkâs sustainability linked loan framework Australian based Asia Pacific hyperscale data centre specialist, AirTrunk, announced last week its entry into Malaysia with plans to develop a Australian dollar multi-billion 150+ megawatt (MW) data centre. Named AirTrunk JHB1…Continue Reading