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Asia Infrastructure

Indonesia’s $80bn giant seawall

bno - Surabaya Office October 15, 2025

Indonesia’s ambition to build a colossal seawall along the northern coastline of Java has ignited both hope and heated debate. Valued at around $80bn, the project aims to safeguard the island’s coastal cities from tidal floods and erosion.

Indonesia’s Raja Ampat - tourism hub or den of corruption?

bno - Surabaya Office September 18, 2025

In recent years, Indonesia has doubled down on promoting Raja Ampat, a remote archipelago in West Papua famed for its biodiversity, as a global eco-tourism icon.

Central Asia and Afghanistan heading for “confrontation” over water-thirsty canal, warns analyst

bne IntelliNews September 5, 2025

Minimal progress seen in dealing with rightful Taliban claim to share of Amu Darya border river. Region’s water security dilemma worsening.

Named after a former revolutionary, Ho Chi Minh is Vietnam’s buzzing economic capital and Southeast Asia’s boomtown

bno - Ho Chi Minh Office September 2, 2025

Ho Chi Minh City has become a city project impossible to ignore: a metropolis whose growth is both the measure of Vietnam’s ambitions and the embodiment of the region’s restless dynamism.

Indonesia and Malaysia seek peaceful path in Ambalat Sea standoff

bno - Surabaya Office August 10, 2025

The Ambalat region, located in the Sulawesi Sea, has long been contested due to overlapping claims and its strategic importance for oil and gas exploration.

Rosatom may whiff on Kazakh nuclear project due to financing yips

bne IntelliNews August 2, 2025

Chinese firm teed up to replace Russian entity on project

Just two in five Afghans have electricity, say officials

bne IntelliNews July 31, 2025

Matters could get worse. Tajikistan has advised it plans to reduce power exports to Afghanistan this winter.

Iran to open new railway routes to Central Asia

bnm Tehran bureau July 31, 2025

Iran will open new railway routes to Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, as well as Afghanistan and Turkey.

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