Indonesia's inflation rate shot up to 5.95% in September, its highest since 2015, after a fuel price rise – and officials say it could go higher as some regions are yet to hike fares.

Manufacturing activity shrank in Taiwan and Malaysia, and grew at a slower pace in Japan, Vietnam and India compared with August, survey data showed on Monday

Ministers condemn Optus, owned by SingTel, for breach that affected 10 million accounts, urges company to speed up notification to customers whose personal data was released

The ruling is a boost for Prayut, but it also signals an end to his time at the top, as he would only be able to serve two years as PM should he win an election that must be held by May next year.

A healthy pipeline of deals could make Southeast Asia a rare bright spot for global funds as they grapple with rising finance costs and slumping markets.

Mergers and acquisitions involving firms in China have sunk by a third this year, in line with a global decline, but private equity groups are now eyeing possible deals in India and SE Asia

The Australian government has consistently rejected the charges against Professor Turnell, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Thursday

Thailand's economy is expected to grow 3.1% this year, the World Bank said on Tuesday, backed by private consumption, exports and a renewed flow of tourists

Singapore has jumped from sixth to third and overtaken Hong Kong in a global ranking of financial centres, which was led by New York and London

The finance ministry said on Friday it plans to cut value-added tax on fuel and the special consumption tax to keep inflation below 4% this year

"It's not that [investors] don't believe in China, just that they are reducing that exposure," Affinity Equity Partners founding chairman Tang Kok-Yew said.

Apple continues to cut its reliance on China and will move 5% of its iPhone 14 production to India this year and expand its capacity to produce a quarter of all iPhones there by 2025