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Nuclear generation hits fresh record as Asia drives expansion
Nuclear reactors worldwide generated 2,702 TWh of electricity in 2025, up 35 TWh from 2,667 TWh in 2024.
Bank DBS Indonesia acquires 99% stake in DBS Vickers Sekuritas
Under the revised corporate structure, DBSI acquires 99.0% of DBSVI shares, while the remaining 1.0% equity stake is retained by DBS Vickers Securities Holdings Pte Ltd.
Indonesia, MAS launch Indonesia-Singapore local currency transaction
Central banks in Indonesia and Singapore have operationalised their bilateral settlement system, which highlights a step toward regional financial integration and currency diversification within ASEAN.
China’s clean-energy boom runs into the limits of its power grid
China rejected an estimated 360 terawatt-hours of clean power in the six months through June, enough to supply Mexico for a year.
Global fertility rates fall below the replacement rate for the first time
Humanity has probably already fallen below the fertility rate it needs to replace itself, and nobody noticed it happening.
China’s $303bn ‘shadow trade’ exposed as apparent Asia-wide tariff dodge network
The report, carrying the somewhat dramatic title of ‘The Great Transshipment Scam’ and headed by an image of a Trojan horse style graphic, says Chinese exporters increasingly routed goods through third countries
Transboundary haze from Indonesian peatland fires crosses into Malaysia, threatens biodiversity
The cross-border crisis follows a rapid surge in satellite-detected hotspots and burnt territory across Sumatra and Indonesian Borneo.
Singapore banks offset interest margin squeeze with record wealth management fee growth
Singapore’s domestic lenders are insulating overall earnings from global interest rate cuts by expanding their regional wealth management franchises.
Poland leads the world on defence worry, Finland climbs fastest since 2019
Even in the country most alarmed by it, defence is a top national concern for fewer than one person in three, a Statista survey of 32 countries has found.
Drug mule blitz exposes Malaysia’s sinister new smuggling pipeline
Recent arrests across Southeast Asia, starting in Indonesia, have now reached Singapore and have exposed a troubling shift in regional narcotics smuggling originating in Malaysia.
Singapore selects Israel Aerospace Industries' missile system for its largest warship
Selection of the Blue Spear highlights Israel's growing role as a supplier of advanced naval strike systems to Indo-Pacific defence forces.
Babies for cash: Indonesia convicts child-smuggling syndicate
Recent verdicts handed down by the Bandung District Court in Indonesia mark the formal conclusion of the first trial phase of one of the most elaborate cross-border human trafficking networks uncovered in Southeast Asia in recent years.
Singapore’s reserve managers GIC, Temasek, MAS deliver long-term returns
The trio's investment returns directly fund national public services via the Net Investment Returns Contribution, which remains the single-largest source of Singapore government revenue.
Electrifying Asia – where EVs are reshaping power demand and fuel use
The winners are likely to be countries capable of building integrated ecosystems spanning renewable generation, batteries, charging networks and EV manufacturing.
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Indonesia offers 10,000-tonne premium rice export to Singapore
The total of Bulog reserve stock that's currently held in reserves is 5.1mn tonnes. The standard state warehouses can only accommodate up to 3mn tonnes.
Russia's ASEAN summit in Kazan was a diplomatic coup for the Kremlin
The ASEAN summit held in Russia last week was one of the Kremlin’s biggest diplomatic successes since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
COMMENT: Iran war shows why Asia must quit fossil fuels
Across Asia, governments are now accelerating approvals for renewable projects and grid modernisation schemes. Battery storage investments are making headlines almost daily.
Strategists project Singapore dollar to surge to SGD1.26 against US dollar
While Western central banks rely on adjusting benchmark interest rates to cool down hot domestic economies, the Monetary Authority of Singapore utilises the nominal effective exchange rate as its primary policy tool.
Malaysia's ringgit under pressure as Fed outlook, Middle East diplomacy unsettle markets
This local depreciation is not an isolated event, as the Malaysian currency has traded lower against a comprehensive basket of major global and regional peers.
Asia welcomes Iran-US breakthrough, but caution remains
The tentative peace agreement between the United States and Iran has been greeted with a mixture of relief and caution across much of East and Southeast Asia, a region that has borne more than its fair share of the economic fallout of late.