JAKARTA: Indonesia has issued regulations to allow authorities to block smartphones purchased on the black market, in a bid to encourage investors to produce mobile phones in the country, a minister said on Friday. Indonesia is a large market for mobile phone producers, with 60 million phones sold every year. “These (regulations) are aimed at creating […]
Read MoreThe government needs to pump more money into circulation — a range of 30-50 billion baht — to reach the target of 3% economic growth this year, says the University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce (UTCC). The second phase of the cash handout scheme, which will be forwarded for cabinet approval on Oct 22, […]
Read MorePrivate messaging app WhatsApp is in talks to bring its payment feature WhatsApp Pay to Indonesia, a spokesperson has said. WhatsApp Asia communications director Sravanthi Dev told the press on Wednesday that the company was in discussions over bringing WhatsApp Pay to the Southeast Asian market. “I know there’s a lot of interest in WhatsApp […]
Read MoreThailand placed in the bottom five out of 47 countries ranked for privacy protection, according to a study by Comparitech, a website that researches and compares tech services. Thailand and Malaysia posted scores of 2.6 out of 5, trailed only by India (2.4), Russia (2.1) and China (1.8) in the first-time study. Ireland ranked first […]
Read MoreMANILA, Philippines — After setting record-high imports this year, the Philippines is seen to buy less rice in the world market next year amid excessive supply coupled with improvements in the local production. In the latest report of the United States Department of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS), the Philippines is expected to import 2.4 million […]
Read MoreSINGAPORE’S non-oil domestic exports (NODX) continued to fall in September, mainly due to lower exports to Europe, the United States and Japan, but showed a slight improvement over August and the five months of double-digit declines before that. NODX fell 8.1 per cent year on year last month, following a 9 per cent drop in […]
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