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LGBTQ communities in Southeast Asia watch hopefully as Thailand's landmark marriage equality bill clarifies issues from property and inheritance to family planning for same-sex couples. This week's Big Story Nikkei Asia 🧵 asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-…

Malaysian hospital group IHH weighs entry into Indonesia, Vietnam asia.nikkei.com/Business/Healt… via Nikkei Asia

Singapore's ST Engineering to add data center as restrictions lifted asia.nikkei.com/Business/Techn… via Nikkei Asia

The world’s undersea cables form the backbone of global communications, carrying 95% of the world’s data and costing billions of dollars each to install. And China is determined to break America’s dominance in this field. s.nikkei.com/4cgMW2i

China is intensifying efforts to enhance self-sufficiency and expertise in the subsea cable industry, while the U.S. tries to block them. Check out our graphic-rich story Nikkei Asia asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-…

Hosting up to 80 charging points for buses, taxis, privately owned cars and other EVs, the new hub will be the largest public fast-charging facility at a single site in Southeast Asia, the company said. asia.nikkei.com/Business/Autom… via Nikkei Asia

Singapore's state investor Temasek will focus on investing in Chinese companies with large, domestic-focused businesses rather than those that depend on foreign markets. asia.nikkei.com/Business/Finan… via Nikkei Asia

Having some relatives from Nagano prefecture in central Japan, it was quite normal to have "inago no tsukudani" (grasshoppers boiled in soy sauce, basically) and "hachi no ko" (bee larva) on the table. Will they take off in Singapore? asia.nikkei.com/Business/Food-… via Nikkei Asia

NewJeans creator says no progress in feud with Hybe record label asia.nikkei.com/Business/Media… via Nikkei Asia

#TikTok e-commerce grows fourfold in ASEAN, narrows gap with Shopee asia.nikkei.com/Business/Techn… via Nikkei Asia

GIC shifts to 'niche' real estate deals in China amid oversupply asia.nikkei.com/Business/Marke… via Nikkei Asia

Grab ends plan to acquire Singapore taxi firm Trans-cab asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trans… via Nikkei Asia

For Southeast Asia, a flood of discounted Chinese products poses dilemmas: While govs court investment, local manufacturers are seeking relief from what they see as unfair competition. ⁦Nikkei Asia⁩ With ⁦Erwida Maulia⁩ ⁦& Norman Goh⁩⁩ asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-…

Southeast Asia to outpace China's GDP growth and foreign investment: report asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Southe… via Nikkei Asia

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Singapore's GIC acquires logistics facility in Japan for $400m asia.nikkei.com/Business/Marke… via Nikkei Asia

India signs chip deal with Singapore during Modi visit asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/… via Nikkei Asia

Singtel's share price has risen more than 30% so far this year, hitting a four-year high and reflecting investors' bullishness on the group's growth plan. Singtel pushes data centers, IT as mobile business matures asia.nikkei.com/Business/Telec… via Nikkei Asia

Malaysia and Cambodia lead QR payment expansion in ASEAN asia.nikkei.com/Business/Finan… via Nikkei Asia