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SKC plans world’s largest biodegradable plant in Vietnam
South Korea’s SKC Ltd., secured an investment registration certificate (IRC) to establish the world’s largest biodegradable plastics material producti…
Sri Lanka’s wait for 2nd tranche of IMF’s bailout gets longer
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday that discussions will continue to secure a staff-level agreement as Sri Lanka was unlikely to …
Japan, Petronas to discuss storing Japanese CO2 in Malaysian sites
The Japanese government and Malaysia’s state oil firm Petronas (PETRA.UL) on Wednesday agreed to discuss how to export carbon dioxide (CO2) emit…
India, Malaysia, and Indonesia Team Up to Fight Western Countries’ Black Campaign Against Palm Oil
Palm oil giants Malaysia and Indonesia are teaming up with India to fight what they call a black campaign targeted at the commodity. The three countri…
Chinese Tourists Have Good Reasons Not to Return to Southeast Asia
Mainland Southeast Asia once ranked among the top tourist regions in the world, bolstering economies and employing millions, but a rot set in with the…
Climate Change and the Challenges of New Energy Technologies
The expansion of neoliberal capitalism across the planet has been largely responsible for climate change, a phenomenon that is changing weather patter…
The clean energy revolution is moving too slowly
If the fight to avoid catastrophic global warming were a football game, then Team Let’s Maybe Not Have an Apocalypse would be stuck on its own 2-yard …
Vietnam’s first voluntary carbon exchange launched
CT Group launched its ASEAN Carbon Credit Exchange Joint Stock Company (CCTPA) on September 29, becoming the first Vietnamese enterprise to kick off a…
Australia Unveils Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040
On September 6, 2023, Australia’s government announced its ‘Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040’ with the aim to deepen the country’s economic an…