Many plants are under construction at the Thilawa special economic zone industrial park outside Yangon.
Economy

Myanmar's flagship industrial park ready for takeoff

Number of companies at Thilawa set to double in the next year

21 October 2017
Grab says it controls 95% of third-party taxi-hailing in Southeast Asia, with more than 63 million app downloads and over 1.8 million drivers.
Finance

Grab lands $700m in debt facilities to boost rental car business

Goal is to build Southeast Asia's largest fleet by October 2018

20 October 2017
This site in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China, is making way for the Hong Kong-Zhuahai-Macao bridge. It was pictured on June 29, 2016.
Economy

Asia has $26tn in infrastructure projects up for grabs

Multilateral lenders, foreign governments handle much of the financing

18 October 2017
Hundreds of Rohingya people cross Bangladesh's border as they flee from ​Rakhine state after crossing the Naf River in Bangladesh. (Getty Images)
Economy

World Bank eyes redirecting Myanmar funds for Rohingya crisis

Bank to consider $270m for Rakhine response in wake of refugee exodus

13 October 2017
Until recent decades, bicycles were the only transportation option for many in Vietnam. (Photo by Dominic Faulder)
Economy

What the 'bicycle index' says about a country

When cycling goes from necessity to choice, it represents a major sociological shift

12 October 2017
Until recent decades, bicycles were the only transportation option for many in Vietnam. (Photo by Dominic Faulder)
Economy

What the 'bicycle index' says about a country

When cycling goes from necessity to choice, it represents a major sociological shift

12 October 2017
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Economy

A manufacturing uptick can't pierce South Korea's gloom

Economists remain pessimistic as investment slowdown weighs on growth

12 October 2017
Hyundai Motor vehicles are displayed at a Hyundai studio in Goyang, South Korea, May 29.
Economy

South Korea's gloom prevails despite manufacturing upturn

PMI shows producers' order books stronger but business confidence still lags

10 October 2017
Myanmar migrant workers sort shrimp at a wholesale seafood market in Mahachai, in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand.
Economy

ASEAN migrant remittances equal to Myanmar GDP

Labor mobility a financial lifeline for poorer regions

9 October 2017
Business and consumer confidence has improved in many countries, but investment demand is still lagging.
Economy

Economic breathing space is an opportunity to strengthen resilience

Tougher reforms needed to kick growth into higher gear

8 October 2017
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Economy

Laos merely a bystander as China pushes Belt and Road ambitions

Costly China-led railway project offers questionable benefits to host

6 October 2017
A woman delouses her daughter by their home in a Karachi slum in Pakistan.
Economy

World Bank says 64% of people who live in slums are in Asia

Policymakers urged to boost infrastructure, affordable housing and job access

3 October 2017
The Boeung Kak lake in Phnom Penh, now filled with sand to facilitate the building of a hotel, apartments and shopping mall. Several locals who protested against the project were jailed. (Photo by Simon Roughneen)
3 October 2017
Coal will remain the main source of power generation in ASEAN in the coming decades, says Wood Mackenzie analyst Edi Saputra.
Economy

ASEAN needs to double power capacity in less than 20 years

Meeting demand will take $500 billion worth of new generation facilities

2 October 2017
Officials from Laos, Malaysia and Thailand signed the landmark power trading deal in Manila on Wednesday.
Economy

ASEAN's first tripartite power trading deal set for launch

Laos to supply power to Malaysia through Thai grid from January

28 September 2017
People peer into smartphones at a bus top in Hanoi in August.
Economy

Vietnamese, Philippine digital ad spending to double in 2017

Smartphones and e-commerce ignite Southeast Asian market growth

28 September 2017
Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to the Nikkei Asian Review in Naypyitaw on Sept. 20. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Politics

In her own words: Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to the Nikkei Asian Review

Myanmar's leader discusses Rakhine, the economy and international relations

27 September 2017
Students brush their teeth at a dental health event organized by the government in Denpasar, Indonesia, in July.
Economy

Indonesia, Vietnam leap up global competitiveness list

World Economic Forum spots improvements in health, education, tech

27 September 2017
China's better than expected economic expansion will buoy Asia's growth in 2017.
Economy

Global trade, China will buoy Asia's growth to 5.8% in 2018

ADB says latest outlook for the region is 'heartening'

26 September 2017
Workers count Myanmar's kyat banknotes at the office of a local bank in Yangon.
Economy

Myanmar moves to stave off credit crunch

New central bank regulations threaten to squeeze lending

22 September 2017
An elderly couple sells fruit on a sidewalk at night in Bangkok.
Economy

Asia will be home to 60% of world's elderly by 2030s: Deloitte

Opportunities for businesses abound -- but so do manpower, other challenges

21 September 2017
Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to the Nikkei Asian Review in Naypyitaw on Sept. 20. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)
Rohingya crisis

Aung San Suu Kyi defends policies, points to broader investigations

Looking at the Rohingya crisis and beyond, Myanmar's leader discusses issues facing her government

21 September 2017