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Thailand’s stock exchange rings the bell for LGBTQ+ equality

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

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

Thailand is betting $5.4 billion on U.S. gas to dodge the Middle East

Asia’s harvest is about to fail on a warmer planet

Myanmar’s scam compounds aren’t being dismantled. They’re moving.

China’s AI microdramas are already half the top shows

Southeast Asia is locking itself into Chinese EVs

Lazada cuts staff again. Better process changed nothing.

El Niño and Middle East chaos could starve Southeast Asia this year

Australia’s wine bet on Southeast Asia, not just China

Australian travellers are ditching Europe for cheaper Asian holidays

A Taiwanese cobot maker is betting Thailand’s factories will follow

Half of Korean youth watch anime. Crunchyroll is moving in.

Two streaming rivals just agreed to stop competing for your wallet

Southeast Asia’s oil bill could triple by 2035 without urgent diversification

Vietnam is ditching backpackers for high-spending tourists

Thailand’s throne succession is now live. The law forbids discussing it.

Singapore’s dollar is stretching further. Asia’s energy importers are paying for it.

Full hotels are not profitable hotels in Southeast Asia anymore

US law enforcement is finally closing crypto’s untraceable off-ramp

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

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

Two miners missing in Laos illegal gold mine as rescue enters critical phase

Southeast Asia just closed the party visa era for Western travellers

Iran war is emptying Southeast Asia’s guesthouses this summer

Laos cave rescue highlights monsoon flood risk, two villagers still missing

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

Laos cave rescue: divers face 23-inch tunnels in gold mine, 30 meters from 7 trapped

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

Thailand cuts visa-free stay to 30 days, impacting 39 nationalities and Indian tourism

Southeast Asian nations impose new tourist levies and caps to combat overtourism

Rosewood Hotels institutes 16-week parental leave as Asia grapples with crashing birth rates

Strait of Hormuz disruption forces India, Indonesia to reverse clean energy goals

Thailand launches $5.39 billion relief package for 43 million citizens as inflation bites

Oil shock fractures Southeast Asia, hitting Philippines and Thailand hardest

New giant sauropod Nagatitan challenges assumptions about mega-herbivore evolution in Asia

Thailand becomes key Russian gateway to Southeast Asia, raising sanctions circumvention risk

Cambodia-Thailand Border Travel — Avoid All Travel Advisories Issued