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PROPERTY

Mandarin Oriental overhaul underway

Published on 02/05/2025

» Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is investing roughly US$100 million to renovate the Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok, with plans to complete the project by the fourth quarter of this year.

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GENERAL

Supply glut hits petrochemicals

Business, Published on 02/05/2025

» This year is likely to be another tough one for downstream petrochemical businesses, which serve various industries ranging from automotive and textiles to medical equipment and toys.

GENERAL

Adapting to Asia's new growth model

Business, Published on 02/05/2025

» Asia's growth in recent decades has made it the engine of the global economy. Fortunately, Asia, including the Middle East, contains some of the world's most powerful economies: three of the top five global GDP engines -- China, Japan and India -- are here.

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GENERAL

Reshaping industrial real estate

Business, Published on 02/05/2025

» Fstoppers, a US-based photography gear company, faced a stark reality: producing a simple component domestically would cost over $80 per unit, compared to $7.50 in China, a more than tenfold increase. Their choice was not whether to reshuffle their supply chain but whether to continue selling the product at all.

THAILAND

Envoys mark 75 years of Thai-Indonesian relations

News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 02/05/2025

» As Thailand and Indonesia mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations, diplomats say Myanmar and transnational crimes are the top agendas for both countries to work together towards a shared goal of regional peace and stability.

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OPINION

Trump tariffs sow divisions in Asean

News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 02/05/2025

» President Donald Trump's unilateral imposition of tariffs across the United States' economic chessboard poses a critical test for Asean. As the regional organisation of Southeast Asia, Asean has weathered many geopolitical and geoeconomic storms in its 58-year existence, but no adversity like the Trump tariffs. Unless Asean reorganises and regroups, the ten-member body risks further divisions and increasing irrelevance.

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GENERAL

Pension Systems Must Evolve as Asia Pacific Ages

Published on 02/05/2025

» By 2050, more than 25% of Asia-Pacific's population will be over 60, creating unprecedented challenges for pension systems already struggling with sustainability, according to a leading academic in actuarial science.

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GENERAL

Finance ministry cuts Thai growth forecast

Published on 01/05/2025

» The Ministry of Finance has cut its forecast for Thailand’s economic growth this year to 2.1% from 3%, saying that the impact of US tariffs and a global slowdown would weigh on Southeast Asia's second-largest economy.

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THAILAND

Prosecutors recommend dropping royal insult case against US academic

Published on 01/05/2025

» Thai prosecutors have recommended dropping charges of lese-majeste and computer crime against American academic Paul Chambers, the Office of the Attorney General said on Thursday.

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WORLD

US calls on India and Pakistan to ‘de-escalate’

AFP, Published on 01/05/2025

» MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - The United States has appealed to India and Pakistan to de-escalate after a deadly attack in Kashmir, as New Delhi on Thursday said that both sides again traded border gunfire overnight.