by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 22, 2024 | Reports, ASEAN, Business, Cambodia, Economy, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
For the first time, Fortune’s Southeast Asia 500 ranking for 2024 lists the region’s largest companies by revenue in the fiscal year 2023. With one of the world’s fastest-growing regions now having its own Fortune 500 list, this progress reflects Southeast Asia’s...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 19, 2024 | Malaysia, News, Southeast Asia, Trade, Visions
Malaysia will soon begin formal procedures to join the intergovernmental organization BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), according to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. “We have made the appropriate decision. We will launch the formal...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 16, 2024 | Lifestyle, Malaysia, Media, News, Reports, Social Media, Society, Technology
Malaysia’s government had the world’s highest number of requests to TikTok to take down content in the second half of 2023. According to TikTok’s biannual transparency report, Kuala Lumpur made 1,862 such requests – an average of 10 daily – in that period. This is 5.5...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 11, 2024 | ASEAN, Asia, Environment, Lifestyle, Malaysia, News, Southeast Asia, Tourism
Malaysia is the most loved country in Asia in a ranking by American financial website Insider Monkey. Malaysia beat Singapore, which was at third place after Taiwan at second, Thailand far behind at 11th and Indonesia at 12th place respectively. The New York-based...
by Teuvo Tuomi | May 18, 2024 | ASEAN, Business, Economy, Malaysia, News, Southeast Asia, Technology, Thailand, Trade
According to a Japanese-based online news magazine, Malaysia’s sales figures, which had come in third for a long time, topped Thailand’s through January-March 2024. According to the Malaysian Automotive Association, auto sales increased 5% in the first quarter from a...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Apr 28, 2024 | Malaysia, Business, News, Singapore, Travel
The railway infrastructure of Rapid Transit System Link (RTS Link), which connects Johor and Singapore by rail, is about 70% complete, Malaysia’s Transport Minister Anthony Loke says. The construction of the mega project’s railway infrastructure had reached...
