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Indonesia's Widodo targets 'innovative' cabinet, taps Gojek CEO

Maikel Jefriando and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Reuters
Posted at Oct 21 04:09 PM

The make-up of the cabinet is being closely watched to see how many are technocrats, who are more likely to fall in with Widodo's reform agenda. Party affiliated candidates are seen more at risk of falling back on traditional loyalties. Read more »

High on ease, low on nutrition: instant-noodle diet harms Asian kids

Cecil Morella, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 15 01:00 PM

A diet heavy on cheap, modern food like instant noodles that fills bellies but lacks key nutrients has left millions of children unhealthily thin or overweight in southeast Asia, experts say. Read more »

Malaysia sweetens tax incentives for companies to set up hubs

Reuters
Posted at Oct 08 04:30 PM

Effective this year, companies eligible for the government's Principal Hub (PH) incentive will be able to enjoy a 10 percent tax rate for their operations instead of the wider corporate tax rate of 24 percent, the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) said. Read more »

Podcasts, data-burn, OPM—and other insights from Spotify SEA’s head honcho

Jacs T. Sampayan
Updated as of Oct 04 10:01 AM

Through his time in different media giants like Disney, Gautam Talwar has been exposed to—and has come to love—great content and its creators. As the managing director of a streaming-loving region, he has a clear perspective of what we’ll all be flocking to listen to next.   Read more »

OPINION: The Indians are coming—Southeast Asia best be prepared

Karim Raslan - Ceritalah ASEAN
Updated as of Oct 06 10:37 PM

At present, over 25 million Indian tourists travel abroad every year, and this number is projected to grow 15 to 18 percent annually, according to the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Read more »

Cambodia ships plastic waste back to US, Canada

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 17 07:39 AM

PHNOM PENH - The Cambodian government said Monday that 1,592 tons of illegally imported plastic waste found in July have been shipped back to the United States and Canada.   Read more »

Indonesia forest fires surge, stoke global warming fears

Dessy Sagita, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 12 05:38 PM

The number of blazes in Indonesia's rainforests has jumped sharply, satellite data showed Thursday, spreading smog across Southeast Asia and adding to concerns about the impact of increasing wildfire outbreaks worldwide on global warming. Read more »

LOOK: PH Navy joins US, other Southeast Asian fleets in maritime drill

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 07 08:57 PM

Philippine Navy patrol ship BRP Ramon Alcaraz joined the US Navy and other regional fleets in a maritime exercise among the countries, a first such joint activity. Read more »

PH to join 1st ever US-Southeast Asia maritime drill

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 06:31 PM

MANILA - The Philippine Navy announced Thursday they will participate in the first-ever joint maritime exercises held by the United States and Southeast Asian states.   Read more »

ABS-CBN's iWant signs on to ASEAN streaming code

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 29 01:14 PM

The ASEAN Subscription Video-on-Demand Industry Content Code ensures streaming products are "authentic, free from hate speech, hate crimes, pornography, and other forms of inappropriate content," ABS-CBN said. Read more »

Ride-hailing firm Grab to invest $500 million in Vietnam

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 28 03:07 PM

SINGAPORE - Ride-hailing giant Grab said on Wednesday it will invest $500 million over five years in Vietnam, the company's latest expansion in a key Southeast Asian market.    Read more »

US, Southeast Asia to hold 1st ever joint maritime drill

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 24 06:15 PM

Washington has traditionally been the dominant naval power in Southeast Asia and its re-engagement with the area comes as a deteriorating trade war with China threatens to engulf the global economy. Read more »

Security Bank partners with Thailand's Krungsri to grow consumer loans

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 08:59 AM

Security Bank and the Thai lender, commonly known as Krungsri, both have Japan's MUFG Bank as common shareholder. Bank of Ayudhya will take a 50-percent stake in SB Finance Co, the Filipino bank said in a statement. Read more »

US top diplomat rips into China, urges ASEAN to trust in US

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 02 06:52 PM

BANGKOK, THAILAND - US top diplomat Mike Pompeo on Friday implored Southeast Asian nations to trust in US values, delivering a withering takedown of Chinese-style development, comments Beijing later swatted away as "meaningless." Read more »

US not asking ASEAN allies to 'choose sides' on China: Pompeo

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 01 05:04 PM

BANGKOK, THAILAND - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted Thursday that Washington was not asking Southeast Asian nations to "choose sides" between his country and rival power China, as he trailed a rebooted security and trade strategy at a Bangkok summit. Read more »

Britain looks to ASEAN for post-Brexit trading opportunities

Reuters
Posted at Jul 31 08:28 AM

British foreign minister Dominic Raab will travel to Thailand on Wednesday to attend a meeting of 10 Southeast Asian countries Read more »

ASEAN vows to rush South China Sea code of conduct

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 02:59 PM

Southeast Asian leaders have committed to fast-track the completion of an effective code of conduct in the disputed South China Sea, in the wake of the ramming of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel in Recto (Reed) Bank. Read more »

Duterte, Southeast Asian leaders open 34th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok

Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panu Wongcha-um, Reuters
Updated as of Jun 24 12:14 AM

(UPDATE) Southeast Asian leaders met on Sunday for a second day of a summit in Bangkok, where they were expected to discuss pressing regional issues including the plight of Myanmar's fleeing Rohingyas and the South China Sea dispute. Read more »

Duterte: ASEAN needs to invest more on people

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 23 10:39 AM

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should invest more on its people to re-assert itself at the "center of "evolving regional architecture," President Rodrigo Duterte said Saturday. Read more »

Workers’ skills must be developed, Duterte tells ASEAN business sector

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 02:20 AM

Duterte called on the ASEAN Business Advisory Council to help develop the skills of workers in Southeast Asia, as emerging technologies reshape labor demand. Read more »