The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $500 million policy-based loan to further help strengthen the Philippines’ efforts to tackle climate change. The Philippines’ Climate Change Action Prog…
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Malaysia laying the groundwork for emerging tech – GovInsider Live Malaysia 2024
“I cannot offer every single Malaysian the chance to travel to different parts of the world. “But I can bring the world to you if I’m able to connect you to a smart device you have in your hand no mat…
Indonesia to Introduce B40 Biodiesel on January 1, 2025
Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto stated that the use of biodiesel with 40 percent palm oil-based vegetable fuel or B40 will be implemented starting on January 1, 2025. Thi…
Understanding the opportunities and challenges in Cambodia’s LNG ambitions
Over the past two decades, rapid economic growth and electrification have driven substantial changes in Cambodia’s electricity system. Although the country has historically relied on oil, hydropower, …
Rethinking RCEP: India’s absence from such a market would disadvantage both its consumers and firms
The World Bank’s India Development Update, released in September, recommended that the country revisit its commitments to plurilateral trade deals, especially the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partn…
Asia’s export-driven economies brace for upheaval under Trump
Asia is bracing for disruption should American voters return Donald Trump to the White House, with his plans for sweeping tariffs threatening to hobble the region’s export-driven growth. Trump, who ra…
Sri Lankan president announces JVP/NPP government will implement savage IMF austerity program in full
Sri Lanka’s newly-elected Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna/National People’s Power (JVP/NPP) government has jettisoned its election pledge to renegotiate the country’s bailout agreement with the Internationa…
Southeast Asia’s Balancing Act in a Second Trump Presidency
As Southeast Asia prepares for the return of Donald Trump to the White House, the region is at a crossroads facing significant economic and geopolitical shifts. Trump’s resurgence heralds the revival …
Graphjet Technology begins operations at agricultural waste-to-graphite Facility in Malaysia
Graphjet Technology, a manufacturing company focusing on carbon-based materials, producing artificial graphite from biomass waste residues from the process of palm oil, announced the start of operatio…
AI boost for palm oil production in world’s first smart mill in Malaysia
The first palm oil mill in the world using artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been launched here. With Malaysia’s standing as the world second largest producer of palm oil, the cutting edge s…