Japan is facing a shortage of Japanese language teachers for foreign workers as the country prepares to introduce a new worker acceptance system next April.
Accor and Uber announced a multi-market loyalty partnership on 30 April 2026, letting ALL Accor members earn hotel points on everyday Uber rides and food deliveries.
Thailand cancelled its 25-year offshore energy pact with Cambodia on May 5, removing the only active cooperation framework for a Gulf of Thailand zone estimated at USD 300 billion.
AirTrunk is investing USD3 billion more in Johor, bringing its total Malaysia commitment to USD6.8 billion across 700MW of data centre capacity. That is one of the largest digital infrastructure bets in Southeast Asia.
Seven in ten Singapore firms have not adopted AI, according to a new MOM survey of 2,560 companies. A newly formed Tripartite Jobs Council is the government's response.