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Australia’s student caps will ease up in 2026, but times will still be tough for international education

After two years of trying to reduce international student numbers, the Albanese government will soften its approach in 2026.

The Conversation

Indonesia bets a new sovereign wealth fund will finally unlock its potential

Rosan Roselani, Danatara CEO and ally of president Prabowo Subianto, needs to streamline Indonesia's lumbering state-owned giants.

Fortune

Firms In Vietnam Walk Tightrope As Trump's Transshipping Rule Looms

As Donald Trump's eye-watering tariffs on Chinese products passing through Vietnam are set to kick in Friday, companies in the Southeast Asian country are cautiously waiting to see what falls into that category.

International Business Times

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Malaysia confronts the realities of MAGA diplomacy and Trump’s brash ambassadorial pick

President Donald Trump’s pick to be the United States’ next ambassador to Malaysia has raised more than a few eyebrows in the Southeast Asian nation. Right-wing influencer Nick Adams, a naturalized American born and raised in Australia, is, by his own account, a weightlifting, Bible-reading, “wildly successful” and “extremely charismatic”…

The Conversation

Senator Urges Elon Musk To Halt Starlink Access For Southeast Asian Financial Scammers: 'SpaceX Has A Responsibility...'

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is facing pressure from a U.S. senator to prevent the use of Starlink satellite internet service by criminal organizations in Southeast Asia.

Benzinga

Southeast Asia’s venture investors are excited about AI—but less excited about the region

Southeast Asia should be an attractive home for tech startups. But investors in the region say the ecosystem is still coming together.

Fortune

A rare, direct warning from Japan signals a shift in the fight against child sex tourism in Asia

Japan’s embassy in Laos and its Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a rare and unusually direct advisory, warning Japanese men against “buying sex from children” in Laos.

The Conversation

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Malaysians protest rising living costs, demand PM Anwar Ibrahim step down

Opposition-organised rally is first major protest in Southeast Asia’s sixth largest economy since Anwar elected in 2022.

Al Jazeera

The ‘invisible pest’ that threatens to wipe out country’s beloved palm trees

Thousands of palm trees in the South American country have already been devoured

The Independent UK

The CEO of Southeast Asia’s largest bank knows even her job is at risk from AI

“If I can be replaced by AI, so can everything else!”

Fortune

DeepSeek makes it easier for Southeast Asia’s firms to get into AI, but venture investors are still adopting a wait-and-see attitude

Granite Asia’s Jixun Foo wants to see “the confluence of talent and market adoption” before he starts investing in Southeast Asian AI.

Fortune

Cheaper AI like China’s DeepSeek are 'very welcome,' says Singapore's digital minister Josephine Teo

AI that’s been trained on English, and not one of Southeast Asia’s hundreds of different languages, “will perhaps not meet the requirements of Singapore."

Fortune

Southeast Asia’s foreign assistance to fall more than $2bn next year

Poorest nations set to lose out as Western countries redirect development funding to defence and domestic spending.

Al Jazeera

Western Aid Cuts Cede Ground To China In Southeast Asia: Study

China is set to expand its influence over Southeast Asia's development as the Trump administration and other Western donors slash aid, a study by an Australian think tank said Sunday.

International Business Times

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Malaysia’s AI darling NationGate sees shares tumble after it got raided in a scrap metal smuggling probe

Shares in Nationgate, the fastest-growing company on Fortune's Southeast Asia 500, are down over 10% since Tuesday.

Benzinga

WeRide's Driverless Robobus Approved In Singapore

WeRide Inc. (NASDAQ:WRD) announced on Thursday the launch of fully driverless Robobus operations at Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore (RWS), the first autonomous vehicle in Southeast Asia to operate without a safety officer on board.

International Business Times

Indonesia Hails 'New Era' With US After Trump Trade Pact

Indonesia's leader on Wednesday hailed a "new era" of trade relations with the United States, after Donald Trump said he slashed the tariff rate faced by Southeast Asia's biggest economy from 32 percent to 19 percent.

AAP

Australia eyes more Asian trade amid US tariff turmoil

The foreign minister is spruiking deeper economic engagement between Australia and Southeast Asia as US tariff hikes overshadow a major summit.

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The Independent UK

Trump’s nominee for Singapore ambassador criticised in Senate for lack of regional knowledge

Anjani Sinha struggles to answer questions about trade, diplomacy and regional alliances in Southeast Asia

Al Jazeera

China backs Southeast Asia nuclear ban; Rubio, Lavrov at ASEAN meeting

US President Trump’s tariffs loom over gathering in Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur which will also feature US-Russia talks.

AAP

Australia's message to Asian allies worried about Trump

Australia is distancing itself from the United States in Southeast Asia amid a flurry of tariffs and aid cuts, pledging "we are here for the long haul".

The Independent UK

Southeast Asian foreign ministers meet as US tariffs loom

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim warned Wednesday that global trade is being weaponized as Southeast Asia’s foreign ministers opened an annual meeting while facing the looming threat of U.S. trade tariffs

AAP

Australia reassures Asian allies as US trade wars heat

US tariff hikes that could have a significant impact on Southeast Asian economies will be in focus as the foreign minister jets to a major regional summit.

Fortune

Del Monte Foods' bankruptcy rebounds on its Singapore-listed parent company

Philippines-based Del Monte Pacific, No. 142 on the Southeast Asia 500, bought Del Monte Foods in 2014.

International Business Times UK

EU Forges Historic Security Alliance With Southeast Asia Amid Rising Global Tensions

Leaders of the European Union (EU) are looking forward to strengthening security and economic cooperation with Southeast Asia amid challenges of the times.

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