Indonesia, the largest economy in Southeast Asia, is aiming to ensure its airports will get included in the list of top 10 airports in the world by 2029.

Southeast Asian cities were among five most polluted in the world on Friday according to air-monitoring organisation IQAir, with Ho Chi Minh City ranked second-most polluted, followed by Phnom Penh and Bangkok fourth and fifth,

Filipino artists flexed their star-power in Singapore over the weekend at Art SG 2025, the biggest art fair in Southeast Asia. Two trends were increasingly apparent: first, regional collectors remain upbeat and energized compared to a downturn in gallery and auction sales in the West.

Development finance institutions are “making progress in mobilizing private capital for renewable power projects,” according to the IEA.

Users on Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu asked if it was safe to travel to Thailand while a Hong Kong singer-actor canceled his Bangkok concert.

Malaysia environmental watchdog RimbaWatch has launched the Zero Greenwashing Alliance Guidelines and Database to track cases of greenwashing in Southeast Asia. Carbon offsets abuse is the most common form of greenwashing flagged.

Thailand’s high household debt is a result of sluggish economics, generous lending and “coincidence”. But fixing the problem might cause some financial pain throughout the country.

The fresh capital brings SUSI’s total funding for its Southeast Asia strategy to $259 million after a $120 million close in 2023.

Southeast Asia is on the brink of a rapid expansion in open banking, with financial institutions leveraging open banking to enhance customer experiences, and fintech companies utilizing application programming interfaces (APIs) to revolutionizing payments,

Lottner also said a recovering real estate sector will boost Vietnam’s growth in 2025. Vietnam’s real estate sector went into a slump in 2023 as some heavily leveraged developers experienced a credit crunch, and after a multi-billion dollar graft scandal hit market confidence.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has unveiled The Official Southeast Asia Charts, a regional hub featuring weekly music charts from six ASEAN nations. Continue to

Southeast Asia's rapidly growing milk tea market is about to get even more exciting. MOXI, a leading provider of innovative gamification solutions, is teaming up with Boduo International to bring a new level of interactive fun to the milk tea lovers across the region.