Coronavirus
Singapore shutdown starts with stimulus targeting food deliveries
Government funds 5% commission fees during 4 weeks of restraint
Southeast Asia
Economy
Thai cabinet approves $58bn stimulus to weather coronavirus
Third wave includes extension of cash giveaway program to six months
Startups
Coronavirus drives Indonesia's Traveloka to lay off staff
One in 10 employees affected at travel startup after surge in refund requests
Startups
Asian startups face cash crunch as coronavirus saps funding
Online education and health care startups in focus as VC fundraising hits 7-year low
Media & Entertainment
Coronavirus hammers Asian newspapers
Media companies in Australia, Philippines and Vietnam stop the presses
Economy
Coronavirus darkens Asia’s economic outlooks: JCER survey
Negative growth forecast for Singapore and Thailand as unemployment escalates
Business deals
KKR and partners pledge $120m lifeline for Philippines' Voyager
Tencent-backed company in talks with new investors as pandemic boosts digital payments
Coronavirus
Singapore tops up coronavirus relief before 4 weeks of restraint
Malaysia adds support for small business to shore up employment
Comment
Vietnam's lost year: Coronavirus dulls diplomatic ambitions
Southeast Asia's packed diplomatic schedule is frozen amid pandemic
Opinion
World Bank's 'third shock' threatens to reverse Asia's economic progress
After trade war and COVID-19, continent-wide recession would put millions into poverty
