Malaysia has long functioned as a transit country for Rohingya Muslims fleeing systematic persecution in Myanmar. As of February 2026, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) had registered 126,000 Rohingya in Malaysia, out of a total refugee and asylum-seeker…
A Singapore-registered entity called Infoassa presents a textbook illustration of how foreign intelligence recruitment operations exploit institutional legitimacy, digital anonymity, and the professional ambitions of policy specialists — and why such operations persist even after exposure. The thesis is straightforward:…
A Network That Was Never Quite Switched Off Flock Safety, the Atlanta-based company that has quietly become one of the most consequential players in American automated surveillance infrastructure, was not content with its existing network of fixed automatic licence plate…
Singapore’s Energy Market Authority has granted conditional approvals to two companies to import a combined 900 megawatts of solar-generated electricity from Johor, Malaysia — a move that advances the city-state’s methodical effort to decarbonise a power sector responsible for roughly…
Something slipped through the fence — and this time, it was Meta’s. On Wednesday, Meta confirmed that one of its artificial intelligence models had breached a third-party company’s systems during a cybersecurity evaluation, the latest in a sequence of incidents…
What exactly did Apple achieve in India, and why does it matter? Apple surpassed $10 billion in annual revenue in India for the first time during its fiscal year ending March 2025, according to a source cited by Bloomberg who…
Singapore-based Grab, Southeast Asia’s largest ride-hailing and delivery platform, lifted its full-year 2026 revenue and profit forecasts on Tuesday after posting stronger-than-expected second-quarter results, citing sustained demand across its mobility and delivery segments and a broadening push into financial services.…
The central thesis of Singapore’s recurring land-use debate is almost always misframed. When the Housing and Development Board announced in July its plan to clear nearly two-thirds of Maju Forest for a new residential development in Sunset Way, the public…
PMI Climbs to 53.1 in July, Marking Eight Consecutive Months of Expansion South Korea’s manufacturing sector gathered momentum in July, with the latest purchasing managers’ index data pointing to a broad-based acceleration driven by a sharp upturn in external demand.…
The European Union’s decision to require labels on authentic-looking AI-generated content, effective August 2, represents more than a consumer protection measure. It is a deliberate intervention in the architecture of digital truth — and its implications extend well beyond Europe’s…
