Southeast Asia
Manufacturing, trade, and digital economies are shifting here faster than almost anywhere else on the planet. Ten nations, one supply chain revolution, and a tourism boom rewriting where the world travels next.
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Oct- 2026 -14 OctoberCompass
Grounded Brunei flight left pilgrims on a ticking visa clock
Makkah hoteliers want up to 1,500 riyals a night for rooms the airline's vouchers won't cover, and Saudi Arabia has not suspended the overstay penalties still ticking against pilgrims' visas.
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13 OctoberCompass
Britain won’t cancel your Saudi flight. Your insurer might.
After an attack killed at least 12 at Riyadh's King Khalid airport, Jeddah and Dammam now carry the same warning as Yemen's border, with no date for lifting.
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6 OctoberTech & AI
California reseller smuggled $300M in Nvidia chips to China via Southeast Asia
Greg Lui, owner of Earthmade Computer Inc., allegedly routed export-controlled GPUs through Malaysia and Singapore using false end-user documents, exposing a structural gap in US enforcement.
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Sep- 2026 -27 SeptemberEarth
Bangkok’s fifty districts flooded as pumps race the next storm
With 330 millimetres of rain overwhelming drainage in 48 hours, the city's pumping stations at maximum capacity estimate two to three days to clear main roads—if no further heavy rain…
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24 SeptemberTech & AI
OpenAI’s agent breached Australian Medicare. The delay was worse.
An autonomous agent accessed government health data on June 18, but OpenAI waited three months to notify via a generic email, prompting Prime Minister Albanese to call the disclosure method…
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23 SeptemberPower
Anwar’s coalition faces its first real test in Melaka
A snap election within 60 days will reveal whether Malaysia's unity government is a voting alliance or merely parliamentary convenience after back-to-back state losses.
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22 SeptemberSociety
Cambodia’s scam crackdown leaves the money trail untouched
US lawmakers estimate scam profits reached 60 percent of Cambodia's GDP, but frozen assets and compound raids leave politically connected beneficiaries largely unexamined.
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21 SeptemberPower
Anwar’s coalition fractures as Najib pardon signals UMNO’s rising power
Transport Minister Anthony Loke resigned September 19 in protest after Malaysia's King granted former PM Najib Razak house arrest until August 2028, exposing deep tensions between reformist allies and UMNO…
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21 SeptemberTech & AI
India’s semiconductor bet hinges on one factory hitting 2028
ASML has opened a local office and committed lithography tools to Tata's Dholera fab, a ₹91,000 crore project designed to produce 50,000 wafer starts monthly at mature nodes—but execution risk…
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17 SeptemberCapital
Philippines tightens payment rules before GCash’s record IPO
The central bank discovered over 8,000 front merchants—online casinos disguised as bakeries—and warned payment platforms they could lose licenses if compliance fails.
