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The AI boom is lifting economies across Asia. But for Southeast Asia, it might just be a ‘short-term blip’

Economists studying the region are worried that AI’s gains won’t be evenly shared across Asia.

TPIPP ramps up Thai clean power investments

TPIPP ramps up Thai clean power investments

TPI Polene Power Plc (TPIPP), Thailand's largest waste-to-energy power plant developer, is intensifying its renewable energy investments to support the country's ambitions of becoming a leading digital hub in Southeast Asia.

Thailand seeks new path to end deadly southern insurgency, negotiator says

Thailand seeks new path to end deadly southern insurgency, negotiator says

Thailand is ready to shift its approach to a slow-burn insurgency ‌in its Muslim-majority deep south and revitalise a peace process, Bangkok's chief negotiator said, as violence simmers in one of Southeast Asia's longest-running conflicts.

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Donor fatigue guts demining in Asia, as active conflicts draw away funding

Land mines and unexploded bombs from conflicts of the last century still plague parts of Southeast Asia, claiming lives and limbs each year

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Photos show Cambodian children attend school in floating villages along the Tonle Sap lake.

On Cambodia’s Tonle Sap, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, getting anywhere has always meant navigating the water. It isn’t any different for schoolchildren.

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In 2015, Indonesia's devastating El Niño fires burned 2.6 million hectares and sent toxic haze across Southeast Asia. 11 years later, restoration efforts had helped cut burned peatland area by 70% in 2023 compared with 2019, showing the value of rewetting

Indonesia is facing renewed wildfire concerns as a strong El Niño brings the prospect of reduced rainfall in 2026. The country’s devastating 2015 fires burned about 2.6 million hectares and sent pollution across Southeast Asia, highlighting the vulnerability of degraded peatlands. Restoration efforts established after that disaster have focused on…

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Irrawaddy Dolphins of Chilika Lake: India's Rarest Cetacean in Brackish Waters

A Dolphin That Defies Easy ClassificationRoughly 150 Irrawaddy dolphins live in Chilika Lake, making this the largest known population of the species in any single enclosed water body on earth. They are not the acrobatic, open-ocean dolphins of wildlife documentaries. Orcaella brevirostris, the Irrawaddy dolphin's scientific name, has a blunt,…

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A Soil Bacterium Now Established on the Gulf Coast Is Behaving Differently Than Its Southeast Asian Relatives

A Soil Bacterium Now Established on the Gulf Coast Is Behaving Differently Than Its Southeast Asian Relatives

New CDC laboratory work found that Western Hemisphere and African strains of the melioidosis bacterium differ sharply in virulence in mice.

Emerging anti-immigration sentiment in Japan obscures a surprising history of strategic engagement with Islam

Emerging anti-immigration sentiment in Japan obscures a surprising history of strategic engagement with Islam

A recent increase in anti-immigrant sentiment in Japan has led people from some religious and ethnic groups who were not born in Japan to face hostility. Hate speech has spread on social media, and some mosques have been targeted with abusive messages.

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Connecting the physical and digital worlds

Connecting the physical and digital worlds

Happitat, a project by Axtra Happitat Co Ltd, a subsidiary of CP Axtra, has launched one of Southeast Asia's largest and highest-resolution indoor digital displays, spanning 385m² with an ultra-fine P1.8 pixel pitch, and opens its doors on Aug 21.

Thai man spots strange-looking rocks near pond; scientists say they are bones of 100-million-year-old dinosaur, biggest in Southeast Asia

Thai man spots strange-looking rocks near pond; scientists say they are bones of 100-million-year-old dinosaur, biggest in Southeast Asia

A Thai man's discovery of strange-looking rocks near a shrinking pond led scientists to identify the fossilised remains of Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, a 100-million-year-old dinosaur estimated to have weighed up to 28 tonnes and measured around 27 metres long, making it the largest dinosaur identified in Southeast Asia.

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India's Fishing Cat Is Losing Its Bengal Wetlands Faster Than Any Other Habitat

India's Fishing Cat Is Losing Its Bengal Wetlands Faster Than Any Other Habitat

A Cat Built for WaterThe fishing cat, Prionailurus viverrinus, is not a cat that occasionally wades in. It is built for water the way a tiger is built for cover. Its forepaws are partially webbed. Its coat has two layers, a dense, water-repelling undercoat beneath longer guard hairs, so it…

India's Most Secretive Feline: What Science Has Actually Documented About the Clouded Leopard

India's Most Secretive Feline: What Science Has Actually Documented About the Clouded Leopard

A Cat That Rewrote the Anatomy of ClimbingThe clouded leopard's canine teeth are the longest, relative to skull size, of any living cat on earth. That single biological fact has been confirmed, measured, and published, and it is one of the few things about this animal that science can state…

SCG reinvents business model amid foreign competition

SCG reinvents business model amid foreign competition

The construction materials industry in Southeast Asia is grappling with mounting challenges as foreign factories relocate production bases to the region, often operating under less stringent regulatory and quality standards.

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Asean's green growth push

Southeast Asia stands at a critical juncture where the transition to a green economy is not only an environmental imperative, but also a strategic necessity for long-term economic resilience and social equity.

Thai PM vows new gun law after deadly school shooting

Within hours of a shooting rampage on the outskirts of Bangkok that left at least eight dead, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Friday vowed to introduce a new firearms control law in Southeast Asia's largest gun-owning nation.

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Thai teen kills 8 in rampage at home and school before shooting himself

A 14-year-old Thai student fatally shot his grandparents before attacking a school. He killed at least six people and himself at Debsirin Nonthaburi School. Fifteen individuals sustained injuries during the tragic incident which unfolded on Friday. This marks Thailand's worst mass killing since 2022. Gun violence remains a persistent concern…

Ooredoo teams up with Nvidia and Nokia to launch 1 GW AI platform in Indonesia

In an exclusive interview with Fortune, the CEO of Qatar’s Ooredoo reveals why Southeast Asia represents the next big play in its transformation from traditional telco to leading digital infrastructure provider

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Indiscriminate river sand mining threatens Southeast Asia, landmark study warns

Demands driven by global markets, while impacts are felt by local riverside communities, researchers say

Asean's human rights system evolves

In Southeast Asia, the main pilot for human rights initiatives is the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). It was established over a decade ago and was foreseen by the Asean Charter. It is part of the regional ecosystem, scaling up to the Asean Foreign Ministers and the Asean…

The AI Chip Blockade Is Creating a Shadow Market

US export controls have spurred a multi-billion-dollar AI chip gray market in Southeast Asia, with firms like Moonshot and Alibaba using proxy cloud access to secure NVIDIA-based compute.

VinFast’s Cars Got Roasted. Will Its Scooters Save The Brand?

VinFast is expanding its electric scooter lineup across Southeast Asia, but these cheap EVs could also unlock a niche US opportunity.

A subsidiary of Southeast Asia’s largest tech firm is looking to build a ‘regional digital banking group’ out of Singapore

MariBank launched in 2023 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Sea, Southeast Asia’s largest tech firm and No. 12 on the Fortune Southeast Asia 500.

Thailand leads regional peers in digital trust ranking

A new report dubs Thailand the epicentre of digital trust in Southeast Asia, leading the region in consumer confidence in both human creators and generative artificial intelligence (AI).

SpaceAI could be Southeast Asia’s edge against El Niño—if governments actually use it

SpaceAI—the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and space technologies—can help Southeast Asia turn raw data into outcomes like saved lives.

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