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Thailand’s economy expanded at the slowest pace in almost five years in the second quarter of 2019 as exports and tourism deteriorated due to impacts from the US-China trade war and the strong baht.

A Malaysian court has postponed for a week the biggest of five trials linked to a multibillion-dollar corruption scandal at the state fund 1MDB and allegedly involving former Prime Minister Najib Razak.

The economic cabinet of Thailand remains optimistic that the country’s economic growth will exceed 3 percent this year despite the sluggish global outlook.

Four major banks of Thailand have decided to cut their minimum retail rate (MRR) by 0.25 percentage point to help lower financial costs of small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

An international scientific seminar on development process of the ASEAN Economic Community took place in Hanoi on August 13.

Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) between Thailand and 17 partner countries have helped international trade value in the first half of this year to reach 140 billion USD, with ASEAN remaining the top trading partner.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) of Indonesia has warned about high risks of forest and land fires in many Southeast Asian countries as a result of dry conditions in the regio

Thailand’s Deputy Agriculture Minister Mananya Thaiseth on August 9 ordered the Department of Agriculture

Thailand’s new Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit has urged the Bank of Thailand (BOT) to intervene more in foreign exchange markets to help private companies suffering from the strengthening baht.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on August 5 chaired a plenary cabinet meeting to discuss the draft 2020 state budget and its financial notes,

As of August 3 night, five people were killed and four others were injured after a 6-9 magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Banten province a day earlier.