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The Philippines’ many mountainous islands are not easily brought online. Source: Wikimedia Philippine mobile internet speeds are some of the worst in the world in...
Hungary to ease Indonesian ecological troubles
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Life-like doll craze grips Thailand
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Brunei prince puts $2m into tech start-up
Medicine is increasingly moving online. Source: bookdoc.com BookDoc, a health-care technology start-up launched in Malaysia in October, has raised a seed round of financing which...
Brunei prince puts $2m into tech start-up
Medicine is increasingly moving online. Source: bookdoc.com BookDoc, a health-care technology start-up launched in Malaysia in October, has raised a seed round of financing which...
Asean economic hopes high after mixed 2015
The muddy docks in Yangon. Myanmar is tipped to see the fastest growth in Asean this year. Photo: the author Southeast Asia greets the new year...
Drones film Plain of Jars
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Suu Kyi meets army chief and president
President Thein Sein has promised a peaceful transfer of power. Source:Wikimedia Myanmar's victorious National League for Democracy (NLD) leader Aung San Suu Kyi has held...
Malware targets Singapore bank accounts
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Luxury market soars in Vietnam
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