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 and China are collaborating to combat illegal call centres along their borders, tackling phone scams and human trafficking.

Thailand has become the first country in Southeast Asia to legalise same-sex marriage, granting LGBTQ couples rights equal to heterosexual unions, including adoption, assets, and healthcare.

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.

A new industry and government consortium has joined the federal scene. This one is devoted to maritime security in Southeast Asia, or MARSEC.

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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

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.

In Sailors coach Aleksandar Ranković own appraisal, Buriram United -- the team they will entertain at Jalan Besar Stadium -- are currently the best in all of Southeast Asia.

Most of the top travel brands in Southeast Asia are airlines, according to a 2024 ranking list created by Campaign Asia magazine in partnership with research firm Milieu Insight.

The Japan National Tourism Organization said there were again a record number of Vietnamese visitors to the Northeast Asian country in 2024.