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.
Indonesia's rural solar rollback: villages with household solar fell 26% from 2021 to 2024, even as panel costs dropped globally. Subsidies and incentive gaps are the culprit.
Indonesia's Prabowo visited Japan, South Korea, Russia, and France in weeks. Every stop was about energy. The Hormuz closure made the agenda urgent; it did not create it.
Malaysia confirms a comprehensive nuclear energy assessment, citing safety, cost, legal frameworks, talent development, and public acceptance as key criteria.
FESSIA told The Battery Show Asia on March 24 that grid readiness, not generation, is now the binding constraint on Southeast Asia's energy transition.
Vietnam and Russia signed the Ninh Thuan 1 nuclear agreement in Moscow on March 23, formalizing two VVER-1200 reactors totaling 2,400 MW of baseload capacity.
Laos cut its diesel excise tax to zero on March 18 after more than 1,000 fuel stations closed and prices spiked 50 percent in a single week. The country imports over 97% of its fuel from Thailand.
Indonesia and Japan signed a five-year nuclear energy and critical minerals MoC in Tokyo on March 15. The agreement covers technology transfer, SMR collaboration, and potential JBIC and NEXI export credit financing.