Singaporeans are among the most open to allowing an artificial intelligence agent to shop for them but they also want the strictest guardrails, research shows.

Illegal cyber activities accounted for around a third of all crimes recorded in some Asian countries, with scams the most widespread and financially damaging, according to a new Interpol report.

Indonesia should suspend President Prabowo Subianto’s signature free meals program and significantly widen a graft probe into the project, according to one of the groups that first brought alleged corruption in the initiative to light.

The “Dumpling Alliance” burst to life during Covid, a nifty description for an informal collective of Eastern European states supporting Taiwan. Just a few years later, it’s hard to find a mention of it anywhere.

The crackdown on scam compounds in Cambodia is leading some gangs to relocate to beach resorts and office buildings in Sri Lanka, in what may be the next phase of one of the world’s fastest-growing criminal industries.

Cambodia has failed to dismantle much of its online scam industry despite a yearlong crackdown that authorities said would eliminate the scourge, according to an Amnesty International report that challenges official claims of success.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto warned he will not tolerate corruption, saying he got directly involved in firing the head of his flagship $15 billion free meals program aimed at alleviating poverty and malnutrition.

Dominance in chip manufacturing has made it prosperous — and highly vulnerable. 

The country's complimentary food program has rapidly become one of the largest of its kind, but there’s little sign yet it will be an economic gamechanger.

Taiwan will conduct new drills in the near future to ensure the island has access to critical supplies in the event of a Chinese blockade, a risk demonstrated by Iran’s closure of a global energy chokepoint.

The US is increasingly concerned at the emergence of “foreigner butchering” scams allegedly being run from China, adding another potential wrinkle to President Donald Trump’s planned meeting with Xi Jinping in the coming months.

Criminals in Southeast Asia are harnessing inexpensive AI tools to target bigger pools of potential victims at high speed, keeping scam centers humming even as governments try and crack down, senior officials at Interpol say.

A market meltdown and the saga of a contested gold mine is raising more questions about Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.

A market meltdown and the saga of a contested gold mine is raising more questions about Southeast Asia’s biggest economy.

Nations work to avoid being trampled as the US president weaponizes his economy.

To Lam is seeking a pair of roles going into a crucial Communist Party Congress in order to consolidate power, as his reforms draw praise from business but meet resistance within party ranks.

To Lam is seeking a pair of roles going into a crucial Communist Party Congress in order to consolidate power, as his reforms draw praise from business but meet resistance within party ranks.

Government funds meant to protect communities were allegedly stolen, leaving villages flooded and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. confronting a political and economic reckoning.

The prime minster faces a far-right rush to blame migration.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said European leaders haven’t been formally briefed on talks between US and Russian officials about a possible plan to end the war in Ukraine, describing parts of the proposal as problematic.