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Former WTO chief urges Thailand to adapt
Business, Boonsong Lipimas, Published on 06/02/2026
» Former World Trade Organization (WTO) chief Supachai Panitchpakdi is urging Asia and Thailand to adapt to a new era shaped by multipolar power, geoeconomics and strategic technologies.
$6bn Google data centre in India will be Asia’s largest
Reuters, Published on 30/07/2025
» SINGAPORE - Google will invest $6 billion to develop a 1-gigawatt data centre and related power infrastructure in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, government sources said on Wednesday.
Airbus bags Saudi order as Franco-Israeli dispute rocks air show
Reuters, Published on 16/06/2025
» PARIS - Airbus bagged a $3.5 billion plane order from Saudi Arabia's AviLease on the opening day of the Paris Airshow on Monday, as a diplomatic dispute erupted over France's decision to shut down four Israeli stands for displaying deadly weapons.
Asia must not succumb to tariff retaliation: Singapore
Reuters, Published on 23/05/2025
» SINGAPORE — Asian economies must remain agile and not succumb to tit-for-tat tariff retaliation, a deputy managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Friday.
Vietnam, Singapore agree to boost ties, cooperation on subsea cables
Reuters, Published on 12/03/2025
» HANOI — Singapore and Vietnam on Wednesday have agreed to enhance cooperation in subsea cables, finance and energy, marking an upgrade in their relations to Vietnam's highest level, during a visit by its Communist Party Chief To Lam to the city-state.
Malaysia unveils CO2 storage bill in push to become regional hub
Bloomberg, Published on 04/03/2025
» Malaysia’s government unveiled legislation to regulate carbon capture and storage activities that will allow the oil producer to widely adopt and monetise the emissions-reducing technology.
New Asian undersea cable ready to operate
Reuters, Published on 19/12/2024
» HANOI - A new undersea fibre-optic cable connecting Japan to Singapore with branches to other Asian countries is ready for operation this month, one of the developers said on Thursday.
Illegal tour guide problem worsens
Business, Molpasorn Shoowong, Published on 19/12/2024
» The problem of illegal tour guides has worsened, attributed to longer visa-free stays and weak law enforcement, enabling foreigners to illegally operate both tour company and guide services in most major tourism cities, says the Professional Tourist Guides Association of Thailand.
Phangnga lithium output ‘could start by 2026’
Reuters and Post Reporters, Published on 24/01/2024
» Production of lithium in Phangnga province could begin in about two years, boosting the country’s ambitions to become a regional electric vehicle (EV) production hub, according to government and company officials involved.
Thai lithium deposit figures hotly debated
Online Reporters, Published on 19/01/2024
» Fifteen million tonnes or less than 70,000 tonnes? That’s how much lithium there is in Thailand, depending on which figures one wants to believe.