MALAYSIA is inching closer to becoming the first country in South-east Asia to impose widespread curbs on short-stay rentals like Airbnb, after one of its most popular holiday hotspots restricted such …
Redeeming Book Culture in Uzbekistan
In a new political era, boosted by social media, Uzbekistan’s publishers, translators, and book bloggers see rewarding opportunities amid the challenges.
ChatGPT to Help Grow UAE and Saudi Arabia’s Construction Market
Around 90 percent of construction decision-makers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia feel optimistic about the market conditions, …
UAE, Saudi Arabia construction market to grow driven by ChatGPT, technology
Eighty percent of construction decision-makers in both countries reporting increased investment in future technologies over the past three to six months UAE, Saudi Arabia construction market to grow …
Don’t Count the Dictators Out
Second, the kind of spectacular economic development witnessed in China can be a double-edged sword for dictators trying to maintain a tight authoritarian grip. Rapid economic growth increases support …
Cambodia PM says Myanmar situation worsening
What are the latest achievements of Myanmar other than the destruction of human lives and property?” he asked rhetorically. – Phnom Penh Post/ANN …
Turkey property brand Missafir enters Montenegro
Missafir, a leading home accommodation and property management brand in Turkey, has expanded into Montenegro, offering services simultaneously in six cities in the country, its second stop in Europe.
M&A interest in Vietnam picks up amid property market jitters
The Vietnam Association of Realtors has recorded a surge in the number of foreign cashed-up potential buyers looking at Vietnamese property firms’ assets. The signs are still tentative, however, as …
Poor villagers risk their lives in the danger zone of the Philippines’ most active volcano
Thousands of poor Filipinos risk their lives by living and working in villages inside the danger zone around the Mayon volcano, which is now erupting.
Meet the typical Japanese millennial: Victims of the country’s ‘Lost Decade,’ they are trapped in dead-end jobs and are adamant about never having kids
From 1986 to 1991, Japan experienced an economic bubble during which assets and property prices were vastly inflated. Then Japan’s asset bubble burst in the early 1990s. The situation was so bad that …