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Survey shows disaster-prone Southeast Asia is also best prepared, suggesting lessons can be learned

Southeast Asia is among the regions most prone to natural disasters, but a new analysis shows its people also feel the best equipped to deal with them

The Independent UK

The Elevate Leadership Group: Bridging Cultures And Markets With Strategic Expertise

The Elevate Leadership Group has established partnerships with leading organizations across various sectors, including one of Asia's top consulting firms, a prominent export company from Vietnam, and one of Southeast Asia's leading energy drink brands.

International Business Times

Interview: How businesses saw the light on UST projectors

We talk projectors with Tan May Lin, Regional Director of Printer and Visual Products and Regional Director of Brand and Communications, Epson Southeast Asia.

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ASEAN Club Championship Returns After Two-Decade Hiatus With Strong Contenders

The ASEAN Club Championship returns after 20 years, featuring top Southeast Asian football clubs in a highly anticipated tournament.

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Southeast Asian forces gather for joint military drills

Defence personnel and navy ships will conduct joint military exercises and training initiatives with Southeast Asian counterparts over five months.

AAP

DBS's next CEO will be Tan Su Shan, the first woman to lead Southeast Asia’s largest bank

Tan Su Shan will become the first woman CEO in DBS' history when she assumes the top job come March 2025.

Fortune

Can Southeast Asian countries work together to regulate AI?

"Bigger markets in the region [are] leaning towards protecting their own domestic market," said Gullnaz Baig, executive director of the Angsana Council.

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AI adoption in Southeast Asia faces serious challenges

Everyone wants AI to work—but there are a lot of "gaps" left to bridge to make it happen.

Fortune

Japan's defense minister begins visits to Cambodia and Vietnam, both under Beijing's shadow

Japan’s defense minister has held talks with senior officials in Cambodia, a top ally of China, as he begins a Southeast Asian trip that will also take him to Vietnam, whose relations with Beijing are complicated by maritime disputes

The Independent UK

Indonesian Growth Slows In Second Quarter

Growth in Southeast Asia's largest economy was 5.05 percent in the second quarter, slightly lower than the previous quarter's 5.11 percent, Statistics Indonesia said.

International Business Times

Singapore shows that the small can survive in the global AI arms race

Speaker after speaker at Fortune Brainstorm AI Singapore this week argued that the Southeast Asian country has its own niche in the global AI sector.

Fortune

AI can help bridge Southeast Asia’s 1,000 languages—but the work ‘has to be done by Southeast Asians’

The full extent of Southeast Asia's cultural diversity risks being ignored by AI models built on English and Mandarin Chinese.

Fortune

Singapore's AI ambitions: How the city-state is keeping up in an arms race dominated by the U.S. and China

Collaboration between government and industry has made Singapore a competitive player in AI—and a "digital Switzerland" in the superpower rivalry.

Fortune

ASEAN Regional Talks Address South China Sea Tensions

Top diplomats from Southeast Asia meet in Laos to address South China Sea disputes, Myanmar conflict, and regional security.

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The Independent UK

Grappling with maritime disputes and Myanmar crisis, ASEAN top diplomat meetings joined by US, China

Top diplomats from Southeast Asia are gathered in the Laotian capital with partners that include the United States, China, Russia, Japan, India and Australia

Space

Europe's JUICE Jupiter probe flies by Earth on Aug. 20, and it may be visible to some skywatchers

Europe's JUICE Jupiter spacecraft will swing past Earth on Aug. 20, and some skywatchers in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean region may be able to see it.

The Independent UK

Southeast Asian diplomats meet with China as friction mounts over Beijing's sweeping maritime claims

Top diplomats from Southeast Asia have met with China’s Foreign Minister for talks that come as friction continues to escalate in the region as Beijing grows more assertive in pressing sweeping maritime claims

The Independent UK

Myanmar violence, South China Sea tensions are top issues as Southeast Asian diplomats meet in Laos

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering in the capital of Laos for the start of a regional forum that will run through Saturday

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French air force mission makes stopover in Indonesia to boost security ties

France’s air force has made a stopover in Indonesia’s capital, part of a visit to Southeast Asia that’s meant to display French commitment to security in the Indo-Pacific region amid growing Chinese maritime activity there

International Business Times

Blinken Heads To Southeast Asia To Reaffirm Ties With Strategic Allies

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to Southeast Asia this week to deepen ties with his country's strategic allies, an official said Monday, with the United States seeking to bolster its regional stance against an increasingly assertive China.

Fortune

Mars wants to sell more chocolate in Southeast Asia—and that means dealing with extreme heat and consumers who 'want content every minute'

Southeast Asian consumers see chocolate as an infrequent treat, which Mars sees as an opportunity for growth.

The Conversation

Why the stinky durian really is the ‘king of all fruits’

There’s little else in the food world that brings about as much social turbulence as the durian. This so-called “king of all fruits” is considered a delicacy across its native Southeast Asia, where durian season is currently in full swing.

Space

Sun unleashes powerful X-class solar flare triggering radio blackouts over Australia, Southeast Asia and Japan (video)

Watch a powerful X-class solar flare erupt from the sun's surface on July 13 and find out how it affected Earth.

Fortune

Trump's policies paint a 'negative picture,' yet his willingness to 'cut deals' may help with China, says the CEO of Southeast Asia's largest bank

DBS CEO Piyush Gupta called the former president a "dealmaker" that's "not ideologically driven to anything."

France 24

EU imposes additional tariffs on China-made EVs

The European Union has sharply raised import duties on Chinese electric vehicles to address what it sees as unfair competition.Starting Friday, provisional tariffs of up to 37.6% will be imposed on China-made EVs coming into the EU, on top of the standard 10% tariff on imported cars. Meanwhile, China's BYD…

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