Southeast Asia looks to renewable power for energy security

The floating solar photovoltaic power plant by EDPR Sunseap Group, a unit of Energias de Portugal SA, in Woodlands, in Singapore, on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. Bryan van der Beek | Bloomberg | Getty Images Southeast Asia is home to some of the world’s fastest-growing economies. As energy demand grows, the region is turning to … Read more

Myanmar won’t be allowed to lead ASEAN in 2026, in blow to generals

Philippine’s President Ferdinand Marcos, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand’s Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sarun Charoensuwan, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo, Laos’ Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and East Timor’s Prime Minister … Read more

A ban ends dog and cat meat trade in Sulawesi

The Tomohon Extreme Market was once a top tourist attraction in the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi — a live animal market filled with everything from fileted pythons to skewered bats and rats. But the market drew international condemnation in 2018 after animal activists shot videos of dogs and cats being brutally beaten and blowtorched … Read more

TikTok to invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia, CEO says

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew speaks at the TikTok Southeast Asia Impact Forum in Jakarta on June 15, 2023. Bay Ismoyo | Afp | Getty Images Short video app TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, said on Thursday it would invest billions of dollars in Southeast Asia over the next few years, as it doubles down on the … Read more

Southeast Asia withheld China’s attempts to economically breach sovereignty: Report

Singapore, December 27 (ANI): Southeast Asian countries have resiliently withheld China’s attempts to economically breach their sovereignty and have harnessed the power of China’s financial might to their own advantage, reported The Singapore Post. China, on its part, has initiated its quest for power by intensifying its multi-trillion-dollar pet project, the Belt and Road Initiative … Read more