Asean
ASEAN leads AI observability adoption but teams lose 47 percent of capacity to disruptions, New Relic says
New Relic says 66 percent of surveyed ASEAN organizations have deployed AI application observability and 59 percent use AI-assisted troubleshooting, while engineering teams lose a median 47 percent of capacity to system disruptions.
UnionPay says ASEAN QR acceptance network now covers over 38M merchants
UnionPay says its acceptance network now spans all ten ASEAN countries and more than 38 million QR merchants as it expands cross-border payment links across the region.
Philippines advances EU, Canada trade deals as digital infrastructure comes into focus
The Philippines has reached substantial agreement on a free trade deal with the EU while Canada says separate talks with Manila and ASEAN are more than 90 percent complete, with data centers among investment opportunities under discussion.
ASEAN Foundation expands AI-skills programme to train 1.7M students, teachers by 2028
The ASEAN Foundation has received endorsement of Southeast Asian education officials for an expanded program to equip more than 1.7 million students, teachers, and university staff with practical AI skills by the end of 2028.
US to invest $2.5B in Southeast Asia, including AI initiative, $1.5B in energy
The United States is investing more than $2.5 billion in Southeast Asia, headlined by a new artificial intelligence (AI) initiative to export American AI technology across the region and a $1.5 billion platform to build out energy infrastructure.
Why grid readiness is becoming Southeast Asia’s next tech constraint
Southeast Asia’s digital economy is entering a more electricity-intensive phase. Grid readiness is now shaping how quickly AI infrastructure, data centers, EV supply chains, and green industrial parks can move from announcement to deployment.
10th Huawei ICT competition APAC winners crowned at Asean headquarters
Teams from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei, Japan, Laos, Timor-Leste, Hong Kong SAR (China), and Macao SAR (China) took home first, second, and third prizes across the four competition tracks. A total of 16 outstanding teams, including the Grand Prize winners, will represent the APAC region at the global finals in Shenzhen this June. They will compete…
Cradle Live! Startup Asean Summit 2025 unites region to drive innovation & entrepreneurship
Organized by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) and its agency Cradle Fund Sdn Bhd (Cradle), with Alliance Bank as the Title Partner, the three-day summit brought together over 3,000 participants from all ASEAN Member States (AMS) and across the globe including government representatives, investors, ecosystem builders, and startups…
Winners of the Korea-Asean AI Development & Startup Competition 2025 announced at AI Youth Festa in KL
Organized under the Korea-ASEAN Digital Innovation Flagship Project (KADIF), the competition was jointly implemented by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (NIPA), the ASEAN Secretariat, and Cradle Fund Sdn. Bhd. (Cradle) under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) of Malaysia. The competition is funded by the ASEAN-Korea…
Maybank sees AI demand spurs neocloud race in Asean
Maybank Investment Bank has foreseen artificial intelligence (AI) demand to spur neocloud race in ASEAN.
