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An abstract motion-blurred view from the front of a train in Tokyo, Japan. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Digital adaption to decide Asia’s future winners

by Alan Boyd October 10, 2017February 18, 2020

An aerobatic team flies a joint air stunt during LIMA 2015 air show held in Langkawi, Malaysia on March 18, 2015. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, European Union, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Tianjin, Vietnam, World

Boom times crowd Southeast Asian skies

by Alan Boyd October 4, 2017February 18, 2020

Abstract Digital concept showing an online network's cybersecurity optimization. Image: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Iran, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Asean digital laxity a cyber raider’s dream

by Alan Boyd October 2, 2017February 18, 2020

A man walks in Bangkok's central business area in a May 22, 2015 file photo. Photo: Reuters/Chaiwat Subprasom

AT Finance, Brunei, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Asean shines bright in foreign investor surveys

by Alan Boyd September 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Graffiti is seen on the shutters of a closed shop as government troops continue their assault against Islamic State-backed insurgents from the Maute group in Marawi city, Philippines, on June 29, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Jorge Silva

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam

Tracking Southeast Asia’s terror finance

by Alan Boyd September 19, 2017February 18, 2020

Chinese school children raising hands to answer a classroom question. Photo: iStock/Getting Images

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

Asia rising in world education rankings

by Alan Boyd September 12, 2017February 18, 2020

Cargo ships are loaded with containers as they are docked at the port Bangkok, Thailand, March 25, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

AT Finance, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Asean free trade still a distant notion

by Alan Boyd September 6, 2017February 18, 2020

Boys play football in a public park on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 2, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Adnan Abidi

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Beijing, China, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Hell is an Asian city

by Alan Boyd September 3, 2017February 18, 2020

Sulu, Philippines
Photo: AFP/Mark Navales

AT Finance, Australia, Brunei, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Vietnam

Anti-piracy patrols adrift in terror-targeted waterway

by Alan Boyd August 30, 2017February 18, 2020

A family views a solar eclipse on August 1, 2017. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, World

Sibling rivalry eclipses Asian family businesses

by Alan Boyd August 24, 2017February 18, 2020

President Tsai Ing-wen waves during National Day celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 10, 2016. Photo: Reuters/ Tyrone Siu

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Oceania, South Asia, Taiwan, Vietnam

New Southbound policy has been a success, Taiwan says

by Alan Boyd August 23, 2017February 18, 2020

An unidentified cigarette vendor at China's Alcohol and Tobacco Fair held in Jiangxi province's city of Nanchang in March 2017. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, European Union, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Chinese cigarette smugglers keep Southeast Asia lit

by Alan Boyd August 22, 2017February 18, 2020

Women count money at Hue's central market in central Vietnam. Non-performing loans topped $241 billion last year. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Vietnam

Vietnam bank profits poised to pop

by Alan Boyd August 10, 2017February 18, 2020

A Myanmar migrant worker sorts fish at a wholesale market for fish and other seafood in Mahachai, Samut Sakhon province, Thailand, July 4, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Chaiwat Subprasom

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, European Union, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Sinking feeling for Asean fisheries

by Alan Boyd August 3, 2017February 18, 2020

A young Vietnamese man working on a laptop on a Hanoi balcony. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Brunei, Cambodia, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Asean Economic Community fails to bridge skills gap

by Alan Boyd July 31, 2017February 18, 2020

A bird's eye view of the central Vietnamese town of Da Nang, the country's third largest city located on the coast of the South China Sea replete with an international airport, sea and river ports. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Asean’s secondary cities poised to boom

by Alan Boyd July 27, 2017February 18, 2020