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YUEN FOONG KHONG is Li Ka Shing Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Centre on Asia and Globalization at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
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Malaysia overtakes Thailand as Southeast Asia’s most visited country in 2025Between January and March 2025, more than 10.1 million international travellers visited Malaysia, a figure that puts the country well ahead of its regional neighbours.
Southeast Asia now finds itself caught in a middle-democracy trap where development sidelines democratic progress
China will sign up to a Southeast Asian treaty banning nuclear weapons in the region as soon as all documentation is ready, Malaysia's foreign minister said on Thursday.
KUALA LUMPUR - China will sign up to a Southeast Asian treaty banning nuclear weapons in the region as soon as all documentation is ready, Malaysia's foreign minister said on Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.
What began as whispers of concern over visa overstays and forged documents has spiralled into a full-blown crisis, severely impacting outbound tourism, crippling corporate travel, and threatening the
Malaysia emerged at the top of the leaderboard for Southeast Asia's initial public offering (IPO) capital market with 66 per cent or US$940 million (US$1=RM4.24) raised across Southeast Asia during the first half of 2025 (1H 2025),
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has warned that global trade is being weaponized as U.S. tariffs loom over Southeast Asia.
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