Social Media Ideas for Asean Digital Economy Framework Agreement

Asean wants a single digital economy. Will different state laws hobble its goal?

Southeast Asian nations are seeking to make it easier for businesses and consumers to operate across borders in the digital economy, but achieving the goal will depend on whether g...

ASEAN eyes signing of digital economy pact at November Manila summit

Bridging Digital Transformation in an ASEAN-EAEU Cooperation

BANGKOK, Thailand, September 7 (IPS) - Physical borders are shrinking, and digital ones are quietly taking their place. As governments use digital transformation as a powerful dri...

Malaysia, Singapore eye stronger business links to boost intra-Asean trade

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 — Malaysia and Singapore can collaborate to enhance business connectivity within Asean and boo...

Stop calling Southeast Asia an emerging market in mobile. It is where the behaviour gets invented

In November, ASEAN leaders are scheduled to sign the Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA), the first region-wide pact written specifically for the digital economy. Negotiator...

Eight countries to join the Digital Cooperation Organisation in landmark expansion

The Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), the world's first standalone international organization dedicated to accelerating the inclusive and sustainable growth of the digital ec...

Tengku Zafrul: Asean’s next integration stage could draw on Malaysia’s NIMP 2030 principles

SINGAPORE, Sept 21 — Asean’s next stage of economic integration could draw on the principles underpinned by...

Singapore, Indonesia Business Chambers Expand AI Trade Support for SMEs

Singapore and Indonesia are deepening business cooperation to help SMEs use AI tools and reach regional markets. The Singapore Business Federation (SBF) and the Indonesian Chamber...

ASEAN’s digital payment boom outrunning its scam defenses

Southeast Asia’s rapid economic integration has long been a celebrated success story, and nowhere is this more evident today than in its retail payment systems. Across the region,...

HKMA Partners With Digital Trade Alliance on Regional Data Links

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the PAA Digital Trade Alliance (PAA). The agreement aims to promote digital trade financ...

Southeast Asia’s US$1T digital dream slips five years, and AI is the new reason to keep believing

Every October, Google, Temasek and Bain & Company gather Southeast Asia’s tech crowd around one seductive number. This year it is US$368 billion, the gross merchandise value (G...

ASEAN just upgraded its trade rulebook. Most operators will scale on the old one

Over the past year, the question I hear from operators shipping into three or four ASEAN markets has quietly changed. It used to be about the tariff. Now it is about the paperwork....

DGFT Operationalises India’s Inventory-Based Cross-Border E-Commerce Framework

Apec finance ministers reach consensus on AI, digital financing in Hong Kong

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) finance chiefs reached a consensus on economic policy coordination and cooperation on financing technology and artificial intelligence at a...

MCMC ready to license e-commerce platforms once ministries set conditions, says deputy minister

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 — The Communications Ministry is waiting for the terms and conditions from the Domestic Trad...

AI monetization in ASEAN 'nascent' but usage boosts e-commerce: report

680 million people, a US$600 billion digital economy: Southeast Asia’s AI moment

If you ask most people where the future of artificial intelligence will be built, they will name Silicon Valley, China, or Europe. Few would mention Southeast Asia. And yet, global...

Govt launches framework to prepare communications, multimedia workforce for AI-driven changes

 KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — The federal government today launched a new framework to align communications and mult...

After EU-Philippines trade breakthrough, is Asean-wide deal next?

After a decade of start-stop negotiations, the European Union and the Philippines have found their way to a “substantial agreement” on free trade – one that analysts say could pave...

ASEAN faces uneven growth in AI era, DBS report warns

Kazakhstan Set to Join Digital Cooperation Organization as Membership Expands to 24 Countries

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Kazakhstan is set to join the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) as a new Member S...

Royal Decree ratifies Charter establishing Digital Cooperation Organization

 Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik issued Royal Decree No. (86/2026) on the ratification of the Charter establishing the Digital Cooperation Organization. Article (1) ra...

Central Asian Countries Discuss Common Digital Economy and AI Rules

The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Representatives of Central Asian business associations, IT companies, experts and gove...

IMF, World Bank launch ‘Bangkok Blueprint’ to fight cyber fraud

The framework is aimed at assisting policymakers, regulators, financial institutions and ‌other stakeholders, but is not formal ‌IMF-World ⁠Bank policy guidance