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Gate To Gate: Singapore Airlines Brings Starlink To Its A350 And A380 Fleet

Metropolitan Asia -
The A350-900 ultra-long-range fleet, operating routes like Singapore–New York, will gain the most from LEO's reduced latency on marathon sectors.

Krungsri Acquires CIMB Thai Auto Portfolios In Cross-Border ASEAN Banking Deal

Metropolitan Asia -
CIMB Thai's NPL ratio improved to 2.1% even as operating income fell, suggesting underlying credit quality is stabilizing before a broader reset.

ASEAN Petroleum Security Agreement Faces Its First Real Test At Cebu Summit

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ASEAN's Cebu summit placed energy security above every other agenda item — a historic first driven by the Hormuz blockade.

Frontier AI Forces Singapore Banks Into Emergency Posture Review

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Standard Chartered's global CEO cited frontier AI as a "sensational representation" of systemic cyber risk to financial institutions.

Thailand Scraps 25-Year Offshore Agreement, Cambodia Seeks UN Conciliation

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Cambodia's response to MOU 44's cancellation signals Phnom Penh will pursue a multilateral legal path Thailand has historically refused, deepening bilateral friction.

Danantara And Jakarta Sign USD 1 Billion Waste-to-Energy MOU As Bantargebang Landfill Reaches Crisis Point

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Danantara and Jakarta signed a USD 1 billion MOU on May 4 to develop waste-to-energy plants at Bantargebang and Kamal Muara.

AirTrunk’s MYR12 Billion Johor Expansion Brings Total Malaysia Commitment To USD6.8 Billion

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AirTrunk's new Johor campuses will use 100% recycled water for cooling, an increasingly material criterion as Malaysia tightens data centre approvals on power and water use.

Singapore Overtakes South Korea As Vietnam’s Top Investor In Q1 2026

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Vietnam's FTSE Russell upgrade to Emerging Market status arrives in September. Its FDI data suggests institutional interest is already building ahead of that date.

Indonesia Cuts LPG And Resin Tariffs To Zero As Hormuz Naphtha Shock Reaches Packaging Shelves

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Indonesia zeroed out LPG and plastic resin duties after naphtha prices surged up to 100 percent, linking the Hormuz crisis directly to packaging costs.

Indonesia’s Energy Minister Defends Coal While Piloting CNG To Replace The Household LPG Cylinder

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Indonesia consumes 8.6 million tonnes of LPG annually but produces only 1.7 million tonnes domestically. The 6.9-million-tonne import gap is now a national energy security problem.
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