Malaysia

Compass

Bandung airport opens to jets. Singapore gets a direct line in.

Philippines has the laws. It needs the ports and power plants.

Western AI demand is forcing Malaysia to burn more coal

Singapore’s property boom rests on two mega-deals worth S$6.4 billion

Asia’s AI agents are ransomware now. Security hasn’t caught up.

Iranian drones just rewired Asia’s data centre map

Nvidia just cut half its Asian customers off the GPU list

Southeast Asia is building nuclear reactors for AI data centres

Grab became Malaysia’s economy. Regulators still have no rules for it.

Asia’s luxury longevity clinics are selling what science hasn’t proven yet

Japan’s weak yen is flooding Southeast Asia with cheap capital

A US chipmaker just moved supply chains out of China. Malaysia’s grid can’t keep up.

China is systematically stealing AI through smuggling and model theft

Asia is spending billions to bury just-in-time manufacturing

Microsoft’s new undersea cable bets India’s AI future on Southeast Asia

Gen Z luxury travelers now book their own trips, reshaping Asia Pacific hotels

Asia’s AI factory boom masks a dangerous single point of failure

Southeast Asia traded oil dependence for Chinese solar panels

The freight schedule now decides who builds AI capacity first

Petronas Chemicals loses its Middle East tailwind as Hormuz reopens

South Korea’s arms sales to Southeast Asia remain a vendor relationship, not a partnership

Lazada cuts staff again. Better process changed nothing.

China is writing the rulebook for Southeast Asia’s AI data

America’s hospital ship returns to Southeast Asia with a strategic message

Two streaming rivals just agreed to stop competing for your wallet

Asian workers hide mental illness. Their employers are starting to pay.

Malaysia’s mall boom is really a bet on apartments next door

Malaysia’s currency is being priced by Tehran, not Kuala Lumpur

Asian savers want independence in old age. Cash won’t get them there.

Bahrain’s cheap bridge to Europe just got too risky to cross

Asian households are turning to unregulated AI for money advice

A 7.6 earthquake just tested Asia’s tsunami warning system

Washington just closed the loophole China used for a year

Bangkok’s Pride festival is becoming Asia’s queer travel hub

Asia’s renewable surge is hitting a grid that cannot carry it

Southeast Asia faces its worst haze risk since 2015 this summer

Super El Niño and Iran’s fuel crisis converge to threaten Asia’s power grids this summer

Southeast Asia’s fragmented AI strategy leaves countries vulnerable to tech giants

Singapore’s tourism revenue falls despite rising arrivals, squeezing mid-market businesses

Grab’s AI-driven ‘cyborganisation’ challenges Southeast Asia’s data protection laws

Philippines building collapse kills one, exposes unauthorised rooftop pool in Angeles City

Malaysia’s AI boom outpaces regulation, creating data liability risk for Western firms

Malaysia’s Maharani Gateway emerges as new energy hub amid Middle East rerouting

Hormuz crisis forces South Asian nations to reverse decarbonisation, risking higher emissions

Oil shock fractures Southeast Asia, hitting Philippines and Thailand hardest

Malacca Strait emerges as next global chokepoint, threatening Western supply chains and inflation

Malaysia: Tourism tax of RM10 (approx. $2-3 USD) per night now consistently enforced