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What’s Next for AI Governance in ASEAN?

ASEAN is a remarkably diverse region. With over 655 million individuals and 11 official languages across ten states, AI is expected to have a significant ...

Vietnam- Embracing Innovation: The Role of FinTech, RegTech, and SupTech in Modern Finance  

In recent years, the Vietnamese financial sector has experienced a wave of innovation driven by FinTech (financial technology), RegTech (regulatory technology), and SupTech (supervisory technology). ...

Southeast Asia’s New Frontier: Welcoming the World’s Digital Nomads

By Mark Chan  Now that we are a few years past the height of the pandemic, the concept of digital nomads is no longer novel. ...

A New Era for Indonesia: An In-Depth Look at the Inauguration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka

By Dandy Satriatama On October 20, 2024, Indonesia witnessed a historic transition of leadership with the inauguration of Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka as ...

The Rise of Central Bank Digital Currencies in Asia

By Grey Pilarczyk In recent years, a fascinating new trend has emerged among central banks across the world - digital currencies. Central bank digital currencies, ...

Outcomes from early US Presidential Debate: What’s Next?

Outcomes from early US presidential debate: What's Next? 28 June 2024, By Grey Pilarczyk   CNN just concluded its first Biden-Trump debate of the 2024 ...

Indonesia’s Jeopardized Digital Freedoms – A Case Study in Spyware

By Grey Pilarczyk Indonesia has long had a mixed human rights record, particularly regarding the online activity of Indonesians. In recent years, political activists and ...

Unpacking the EU AI Act: An ASEAN Perspective

By Nigel Hee The European Union (EU) recently unveiled the Artificial Intelligence Act, a novel piece of legislation that aims to regulate the development, deployment ...

Digital Sovereignty in ASEAN

By Mackenzie Gunther With large tech companies owning significant amounts of data, geopolitical tensions, the risk of critical data leaks, and the rising importance of ...

What’s the path to stronger digital trust in Vietnam?

By Nga Dao The alarming situation I receive spam emails, texts, and calls almost every day and about almost everything: from warning a security threat ...

The Problem with Malaysia’s PADU Initiative

By Edika Amin The Problem with Malaysia’s PADU Initiative   At the time of writing, PADU also known as the Government’s Central Database System’s registrations has ...

Why does ASEAN need an Institute for Innovation, Technology and Industry (AITII)?

By How Yong Yang ASEAN, or the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations, has made countless headlines in recent years for different reasons: political, economic, ...