Photo Credit: Reuters TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT MYANMAR Myanmar extends suspension period of jade mining operations due to COVID-19 (6 October 2020) Myanmar has extended the suspension period of operations at jade
Photo Credit: ID Photo TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT Indonesia, China to develop direct settlement between rupiah and yuan (1 October 2020) China and Indonesia signed a memorandum of understanding on 1 October
Photo Credit: The Nation TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND, MYANMAR Thailand and Myanmar resume cross-border goods transportation (30 September 2020) Myanmar has accepted a proposal from Thailand to resume cross-border goods transportation
Photo Credit: Travelobiz TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT Thailand to restart tourism with China (29 September 2020) Thailand is expected to welcome its first foreign tourists when a flight from China arrives next
Photo Credit: Bloomberg TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND Thai central bank to keep benchmark interest rate unchanged at 0.5% (23 September 2020) Thailand’s central bank is expected to keep its benchmark interest
Photo Credit: AFP TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT Indonesia halts seafood exports to China after COVID-19 tests (20 September 2020) Indonesia has suspended exports into China from an Indonesian seafood company PT Putri
The fourth industrial revolution offers opportunities to equalise societies: ASEAN must adopt a holistic 4IR agenda that factors in social equality Counterclockwise starting from top left: Naveen Menon, President (ASEAN) for Cisco; Dato’ Fadzli
Business-as-usual in ASEAN in COVID-19 crisis will result in heavy cost to life and economy Originally published in TheEdge Malaysia, 21 September – 27 September 2020. The most significant thing about the 28-page statement
Photo Credit: The Jakarta Post TRADE, ECONOMY, AND INVESTMENT THAILAND Government plans cash handouts worth US$1.6 billion to boost domestic consumption (17 September 2020) The Thai government announced cash handouts worth US$1.6
Industry 4.0 offers lifeline to businesses in ASEAN during COVID-19 but employees buy-in is the foundation of the shift to new technologies > Counterclockwise starting from top left: Kacper Pierzynowski, co-author of “Southeast Asia’s