Education, fintech, skills, climate technology and consumer platforms give Australia and Indonesia more digital overlap than the relationship usually suggests. Australia and Indonesia are direct neighbours with a combined population … Read more
The next phase of UK–Vietnam ties could be shaped by fintech, education, AI services, healthtech and digital transformation. UK–Vietnam bilateral trade hit a record US$8.4 billion in 2024, up 18% … Read more
Korean brands, entertainment, ecommerce and manufacturing are helping shape Vietnam’s digital consumer market. South Korean firms account for roughly 30% of Vietnam’s total exports through their manufacturing operations, and the … Read more
The Philippines‘ services economy is entering a new phase as AI changes outsourcing, customer support, content operations and cyber work. The Philippines IT-BPM industry generated US$38–40 billion in export revenue … Read more
Chinese platforms, payments, ecommerce, EVs and travel flows are reshaping Thailand’s consumer and digital economy. Thailand’s ecommerce market grew faster than any other Southeast Asian country in 2025,[1] and Chinese … Read more
Malaysia is becoming more important to US technology strategy through chips, cloud, AI infrastructure and advanced manufacturing. Malaysia attracted more than US$30 billion in data centre investment in 2024, making … Read more
Vietnam’s role in the global economy is moving from factory floor to engineering base, semiconductor partner and AI services market. The US is now Vietnam’s largest export market, taking more … Read more
The US spent 23 times more than China on private AI investment in 2025 — $285.9 billion versus $12.4 billion[1] — and yet the performance gap between the best American … Read more
South Korea’s digital economy runs through two companies. Naver, the country’s dominant search engine, posted KRW 10.7 trillion in revenue in 2024 — the first time a domestic internet company … Read more
There’s a simple model for understanding Asia’s digital economy, and most people haven’t drawn it yet. Three layers — advertising, commerce, and artificial intelligence — are collapsing into a single … Read more
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