Malaysia
A manufacturing and semiconductor hub racing to move up the value chain before its neighbors get there first.
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Jun- 2026 -30 JuneEarth
Southeast Asia traded oil dependence for Chinese solar panels
The Philippines imported 4,000 megawatts of Chinese modules in four months after the Strait of Hormuz closure, making it Beijing's second-largest solar customer worldwide.
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29 JuneTech & AI
The freight schedule now decides who builds AI capacity first
CEVA Logistics completed the first phase of moving 45-tonne generators and cooling towers for AirTrunk's Western Sydney data centre, then shifted the same operation to Johor Bahru, signalling how logistics…
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25 JuneCapital
Petronas Chemicals loses its Middle East tailwind as Hormuz reopens
The Malaysian producer's 34% share price collapse in two weeks reflects the unwinding of a geopolitical premium that was never its own—analysts cut profit forecasts by 31% as petrochemical prices…
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25 JunePower
South Korea’s arms sales to Southeast Asia remain a vendor relationship, not a partnership
Seoul has doubled its share of global defense exports in five years, but converting frigate and fighter deals into lasting strategic ties requires training and co-production work it has not…
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23 JuneTech & AI
Lazada cuts staff again. Better process changed nothing.
The Alibaba-owned platform laid off 5% of its Southeast Asia workforce on June 23, 2026, this time consulting Singapore's union first—yet the outcome remained identical to the unannounced 2024 cuts.
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23 JuneTech & AI
China is writing the rulebook for Southeast Asia’s AI data
On May 22, the Shenzhen Data Exchange signed a memorandum with Malaysian firm Zetrix AI to pilot cross-border data trading, but the real prize is setting governance standards that will…
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17 JunePower
America’s hospital ship returns to Southeast Asia with a strategic message
The USNS Mercy departed San Diego on May 27 with 300 personnel to visit Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and East Timor over five months, deliberately shifting focus from the…
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17 JuneTech & AI
Two streaming rivals just agreed to stop competing for your wallet
Viu and iQiyi International will bundle their separate libraries across Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Malaysia starting in the second half of 2026, testing whether regional pooling can match the…
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16 JuneLife & Health
Asian workers hide mental illness. Their employers are starting to pay.
An AIA study found 88% of Asian employees reported mental health symptoms last year, yet only 44% in Singapore felt their employer offered real support—and compensation laws barely register the…
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15 JuneCapital
Malaysia’s mall boom is really a bet on apartments next door
The Klang Valley holds 71.2 million sq ft of retail space — 39% of the national total — but developers keep building because the mall itself is secondary to the…
