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Hong Kong, China, 17 August 2026 – Hong Kong has cut the time required for environmental impact assessment procedures roughly in half by combining regulatory reform with artificial…
Jakarta, Indonesia, 17 August 2026 – Jakarta’s economy grew 5.52% in the second quarter of 2026, underscoring the capital region’s resilience as consumption, business activity and investment supported…
Bangkok, Thailand, 17 August 2026 – Thailand’s economy is expanding more slowly than other major Southeast Asian markets, reinforcing concern that cyclical weakness is becoming a deeper structural…
Akita, Japan, 17 August 2026 – A proposed artificial-intelligence data centre in Akita is emerging as one of Japan’s most ambitious regional digital-infrastructure projects, with planned power demand…
Seongnam, South Korea, 17 August 2026 – HD Hyundai Electric has developed South Korea’s first 420-kilovolt sulphur-hexafluoride-free circuit breaker, positioning the company to compete for European transmission-grid investment…
Beijing, China, 17 August 2026 – Foreign investment is returning selectively to parts of China’s property market, with international funds focusing on shopping centres, logistics facilities and other…
Singapore, 17 August 2026 – Commodity shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed sharply over the weekend after tanker attacks, increasing uncertainty over crude oil and liquefied-natural-gas flows…
Tokyo, Japan, 17 August 2026 – Japan’s economy expanded at an annualised rate of 1.1 per cent in the April-to-June quarter, maintaining growth but falling short of the…
Singapore, 17 August 2026 – Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports grew 24.2 per cent year on year in July, extending June’s 20.8 per cent expansion as global artificial-intelligence demand…
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 17 August 2026 – Maybank and Haier Energy have formed a strategic partnership to support the growth of an artificial-intelligence-enabled energy platform, linking financial infrastructure…
