To nuke or not to nuke in SE Asia

At a recent Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) conference, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen was filled with foreboding. “The current world environment is hard to predict, the world is breaking apart while nuclear war or World War III could break out because countries are threatening each other,” he warned, speaking in his capacity as […]

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Chinese medical portal censored after doubting herbal ‘COVID-19 remedy’

“NO RIGHT TO BAN THEM” The Chinese government has increasingly promoted traditional medicine at home and abroad in recent years, often with nationalistic undertones. DXY’s coverage prompted criticism that it was targeting traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in order to promote Western pharmaceuticals. The decision to freeze DXY’s social media accountsContinue Reading

Marcos Jr disappointing anti-China analysts

It is clear now that pundits within and outside the Philippines were wrong in their predictions regarding new President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr’s policy toward Beijing in the South China Sea. They had stridently criticized the policy of his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte and predicted that Marcos’ policy would be significantly more favorable to the US, […]

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Merchant terminals are Apple Pay ready: GHL

Malaysia, second country in Southeast Asia to launch Apple company PayPayment can be made using iOS devices such as iPhones, Apple Watches GHL announced that all the merchant terminals can accept Apple Spend, without extra costs or additional incorporation or programming necessary. ÂAs mobile payment service Apple Pay was launched on…Continue Reading

Apple Pay makes its entry in Malaysia via Maybank, AmBank and StanChart

Has combined user base of 15 million across both markets
Enhance customers’ experience, another way to transact online Malaysia becomes the second country in Southeast Asia for the introduction of Apply Pay after Singapore with Maybank, AmBank and Standard Chartered Bank making annnouncements of the service going live today. While users of Visa and…Continue Reading

Accenture acquire Romp to boost brand transformation

Strategy to help Indonesian firms recuperate, post-pandemicÂStrengthen Accenture’s ability to deliver tech-brand experiences Accenture has agreed to acquire Romp, a brand and encounter agency in Indonesia renowned for its creative talent and innovative services across branding, creative and efficiency marketing. ÂThis move will improve Accenture Song’s (formerly Accenture Interactive) ability to…Continue Reading

US, Philippines flex alliance in heat of Taiwan crisis

MANILA ~ Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr formally opened a new page in his family’s longstanding and often fraught relations with the US when he warmly welcomed ALL OF US Secretary of Point out Antony Blinken into the Malacañang Palace over the weekend. The meeting occured in the same entrée that the Marcoses fled 36 years early on […]

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