US to impose new duties on solar imports from Southeast Asia
- 22-Apr-2025
WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday announced its intention to impose tariffs of up to 3,521 percent on solar panels from Southeast Asia, a move aimed at countering alleged Chinese subsidies and dumping in the sector. The tariffs on companies from Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam will still need to be ratified at a meeting […]
Five arrested in Hong Kong over Southeast Asia job scams
- 21-Aug-2022
HONG KONG: Five Hong Kongers have been arrested for allegedly setting up job scams in which victims were lured to Southeast Asia and then held against their will, police announced Sunday. In recent months, victims have reported travelling to countries such as Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos on false promises of romance or high-paying jobs, […]
Hyundai to ship China-made cars to Southeast Asia amid erratic sales recovery
- 30-Aug-2018
SEOUL/BEIJING: Hyundai Motor Co plans to ship China-made cars to Southeast Asia, its China joint venture, as a plunge in Chinese sales has left much of its massive local manufacturing capacity idled. Hyundai once ranked third by China sales alongside affiliate Kia Motors Corp. But just as it opened its fifth factory in the country […]
Southeast Asia’s plastic fixation plagues world’s oceans
- 05-Jun-2018
BANGKOK: On her lunch break, Bangkok office worker Chinapa Payakha emerges from a 7-Eleven store with two plastic bags. One holds a Big Gulp soft drink. The other carries her lunch, with a banana in its own plastic wrapper. “For office life, plastic bags are necessary,” said Chinapa, 34, whose shopping habits illustrate the challenges […]
With ports, ships and promises, India asserts role in Southeast Asia
- 03-Jun-2018
SINGAPORE: Almost lost in the din of the upcoming U.S-North Korea summit and fresh tension between Washington and Beijing last week, India cemented its diplomatic and security ties across Southeast Asia in a clear challenge to China. It’s not clear just how far New Delhi will take these relationships, given years of promise, and a […]
Uber exits SE Asia in new retreat from global markets
- 26-Mar-2018
Uber sold its Southeast Asian business to rival Grab, ending a bruising battle between the ride-hailing behemoths and marking the US firm's latest retreat from international markets.
Southeast Asia’s Grab in talks to buy into Uber’s regional business: source
- 08-Mar-2018
SINGAPORE: Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing firm, Grab, is in advanced negotiations to buy parts of Uber’s business in the region, said a source with knowledge of the talks, in what would be Uber’s second retreat from an Asian market. Ride-hailing firms have raised billions of dollars to help compete in Southeast Asia where they have […]
Grab raises $750 million to take on Uber in Southeast Asia
- 20-Sep-2016
SINGAPORE: Grab, the biggest rival to ride-sharing service Uber Technologies Inc in Southeast Asia, has raised $750 million in a funding round, turning up the heat on the US firm now seeking to expand in the region after exiting China.