Vietnam jails anti-Chinese rioters
Many protesters have been arrested in Vietnam amid protests against plans for special economic zones (SEZs) that many fear will be dominated by Chinese...
9,000 Asean servers infected: Interpol
An estimated 9,000 command and control (C2) servers and hundreds of compromised websites were identified across Asean in an Interpol cyber probe.
The global policing...
21 contenders for SG’s five digital banking licenses
Singapore’s Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has confirmed a total of 21 applications for its digital banking licenses.
Seven bids came through for the digital...
S’pore sees robo-taxi launch
There will not be much space for passengers in a Mitsubishi i-MiEV when the researcher and engineer are seated. Source: Wikimedia
Singapore has launched a...
35-year term for royal ‘insult’
A Thai man has been given the harshest sentence ever for insulting the monarchy on Facebook.
Bangkok's military court sentenced former insurance salesman Vichai Thepwong...
MAS looks to boost fintech
Singapore is trying to establish itself as a tech hub. Source: Flickr
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is moving to ease regulation for venture...
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...
Singapore hopes to harness sun
Singapore’s Powering the Future study is examining how to boost solar energy production from the current 2 per cent of power that currently comes...
Netflix’s woes and wins in Indonesia
Indonesian regulators are not quite ready to ‘chill’ yet at Netflix’s growing presence and popularity among citizens, but things could be looking up for...
KL and Singapore ranked among world’s most hardworking cities
Two of the top five hardest working cities in the world are in Southeast Asia, according to a report published in August this year.
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