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Despite record production and ample stocks, the Philippines is expected to import a record volume of rice in the 2024-2025 crop year.

Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Food Zulkifli Hasan said on December 9 that the national rice stock has reached eight million tonnes by the end of 2024, so there will be no need for additional imports.

In the first half of 2024, Southeast Asia (SEA) attracted over 30 billion USD in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure investments, according to the 2024 e-Conomy SEA Report from Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company.

Euromonitor International has named Bangkok the world’s top tourism city in 2024 after it welcomed a record-breaking 32.4 million visitors.

Indonesia has decided to accelerate the adoption of nuclear energy to enhance the country's energy security, with plans for future expansion, according to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Bahlil Lahadalia.

The air quality index in Bangkok, its adjacent provinces and some northern provinces has reportedly improved following the first day of rain-making flights by the Department of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation.

The massive floods that hit five southern provinces in Thailand last week may cause damage worth 20 billion THB (580 million USD), according to the Rubber Authority of Thailand (RAT).

At least three people died and more than 80,000 locals in seven states in northern Malaysia have been evacuated due to worst floods in a decade.

The budgeted salary increases for 2025 across Southeast Asia are projected to be higher than in 2024, according to a report by professional services firm Aon.

The Thai government is constructing a new bridge to link Chanthaburi province in eastern Thailand with Pailin province in Cambodia, with an estimated cost of 15 million THB (over 430,000 USD).

Four members of a family were killed after a landslide hit their house in the Indonesian province of Central Java on November 19, a local official said.

Floodwaters reaching more than 4m high on November 19 inundated thousands of houses in the northern Philippines which was freshly hit by Typhoon Man-yi.