The 67-year-old has become the country's fourth president in the past three years. 

Indonesia’s Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia’s doctoral degree was completed within one year and eight months instead of the usual three years, local media reported.

Hong Kong and Singapore play different but complementary roles as Asia’s top financial hubs, says Penta Group’s David Cook. 

Indonesia’s economic growth has averaged 5 per cent in the last decade, placing it well below past peak growth rates of Asian economies the country seeks to emulate. Yet change is possible, says its former finance minister M Chatib Basri.

Many student groups from Singapore visit Laos for community work as part of “growing people-to-people ties that anchor our friendship”, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said during a recent visit to Vientiane.

The country’s most populous city is also now its most expensive one for housing, with analysts saying high property prices have forced millions to live in squalid slums.

There will be Malaysians unhappy with the subsidy rollback, but it is the government’s responsibility to manage the cut properly so that it is sustainable, says economy minister Rafizi Ramli.