The Latest Breaking News from SouthEast Asia

The bank currently uses AI to handle tasks like fraud detection, algorithmic credit-scoring and employee training.

Typhoon Kalmaegi kills 188 in the Philippines and five in Vietnam, leaving devastation, floods, and mass evacuations across Southeast Asia.

The Myanmar military last month went into one of the most well-known scam compounds — the massive KK Park, along the border with Thailand — and claimed it was shut down, setting off explosions and demolishing parts of the complex

Grab Holdings is well-positioned to serve a rapidly growing middle class in Southeast Asia. Double-digit revenue growth and expanding margins accelerate in 2025

With oil and gas revenues starting to run dry, Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, needs to explore new options.

East Timor’s President José Ramos-Horta has expressed willingness to mediate in Myanmar’s civil war after his country joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Climate change may be partly to blame.

At the ASEAN Summit, Trump backs diplomacy and economic ties as leaders stress US role in regional peace, stability, and digital growth.

The real battle between traditional automakers and Chinese manufacturers isn’t happening in Europe or the United States, but in developing and low-income economies. China is steadily becoming a serious contender for consumers across Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia.

A report by an environmental group says millions of tons of discarded U.S. electronics are being shipped overseas each month — much of it to Southeast Asian countries not prepared to safely handle hazardous waste

The CODEL was cancelled due to the logistics of a trip potentially in the middle of a shutdown.