Southeast Asia

  Markets are witnessing extreme volatility and unprecedented times, that’s keeping investors on the cautious side. But at the same time, offering opportunities to those who seek them out.  New traders...

  New York (TheStreet).  There is market-moving power in a tweet. Take the fake tweet on Tuesday that sent markets into the abyss for a few minutes. Someone...

  United States (20 June)  ---  The US will designate the anti-fascist group Antifa a terrorist organisation, President Donald Trump says. So far the Trump administration embroiled in...

  Hong Kong / China (13 June).  Police say they seized a batch of circuit boards that were of a similar design to those installed in two remote-controlled...

On April 17, Indonesians will once again vote for their next president, an election set between old rivals — incumbent President Joko Widodo (known as Jokowi) and challenger...

National Police Chief General Tito Karnavian asserted that the bomb explosion in Sibolga City, North Sumatra did not link to the simultaneous Indonesian election this year. Tito said...

The 88 Anti-terror Special Detachment (Densus 88) arrested a man under suspicion that he is linked with a terrorists group. Rinto, a.k.a. Putra Syuhad, was apprehended in Lampung...

A state court in Indonesia has ruled that a China-backed dam that will rip through the habitat of the most critically endangered orangutan species will be allowed to...

Malaysia became the first Southeast Asian country to have a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification standards, a supposedly rigorous set of criteria for best practices governing forest management....

Southeast Asia's growth rate declined in 2018, falling for the first time in three years, as some countries were hit by external and domestic headwinds that could continue...