Asia’s tech News:
November 2022
Technology headlines from startup ecosystems across South & Southeast Asia, Australia & New Zealand, drawn from online coverage of tech, startup and VC funding developments across the broad Asia Pacific and Indo-Pacific regions.
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Australia: November 2022
- “Hundreds of undersea cables link up the worldwide web, with about a dozen connected to Australia. How does this little-known network work – and what happens if it’s sabotaged?”
Australian Cyber Security Centre Threats Report 2022
Cambodia: November 2022
- Cambodia: Gov’t launches web portal with aim to be a central hub for all information about doing business in Cambodia, alongside providing step-by-step guidelines for registering businesses online…
Cambodia: Eco App Asia – e-commerce & deliveries
China: November 2022
- China pushes ambitious 5-Ministry plan to deliver 25M VR headsets by 2026, aiming to cultivate 100 domestic companies in its own VR industry…
China Retail Digitalization Whitepaper / McKinsey & Co (pdf download)
HONG KONG: November 2022
- Hong Kong Science & Tech Parks Corp’n partners Amazon Web Services for Idea Launcher initiative, aiming to boost innovation and IT with support, mentoring and coaching for early-stage startups…
McKinsey: Value Creation In The Metaverse – business in the virtual world
India: November 2022
- Taiwan’s Foxconn to boost southern India workforce to 70K, adding 53K more workers over 2 years in part to address disruptions in China-based production…
India’s Cyber Security Policy and the Quad
Indonesia: November 2022
- Indonesia Stock Exchange inks MOU with Singapore’s Metaverse Green Exchange for IDX emissions trading scheme, launching in 2025, with MVGX to build blockchain-based carbon registry and exchange…
Crypto: Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of North Korean hackers
Japan: November 2022
- Japan formally joins NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, following on from 2021 participation in NATO Locked Shields large-scale cyber-attack war-gaming exercise…
PDF download: Japan’s NFT Strategy for the Web3 Era / NFT White Paper
South Korea: November 2022
- South Korea: Poen, which started as a Hyundai venture project, takes event win with refurbishment and renewal method to bring new life to used electric vehicle batteries…
Digital Asset Classification Standard Glossary – CoinDesk Indices
Malaysia: November 2022
- An interview with Dzuleira Abu Bakar, CEO of Malaysian Research Accelerator for Technology and Innovation on why Malaysia needs to speed up technological innovation to drive future economic growth…
Pacific Community’s Strategic Plan 2022 – 2031
Philippines: November 2022
- Philippines: BayaniPay raises $4.5M with cross-border digital financial services for the Filipino American community…
Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2022
Singapore: November 2022
- GrabPay and StraitsX are set to test ‘purpose-bound’ digital Singapore dollars, enabling senders to dictate conditions for the use of their digital SGD…
Singapore: Cryptocurrency Index 2022 (pdf download)
Taiwan: November 2022
- Taiwan: “…increasingly likely that some future Apple chips will be made in the US, following a new report about A-series and M-series chipmaker TSMC.”…
Report download: Taiwan, US & Semiconductors – Critical Supply Chain
Thailand: November 2022
- Thailand: Siam Commercial Bank’s SCB 10X invests $10M in Singapore’s digital asset custodian, RakkaR Digital…
Framing A Transatlantic Technology Strategy / CNAS
Vietnam: November 2022
- Vietnam: Google launches digital wallet in Vietnam, allowing Android users to add Visa credit and debit cards to their phones for payment, replacing physical cards…
Vietnam E-Conomy 2022 Report / Google, Bain, Temasek (pdf)
‘Quiet’ locations: November 2022
Deloitte: Digital Banks in Asia-Pacific – adding value to financial svcs? (pdf)
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Connecting Digital Islands: Tokenized Assets / SWIFT & Capgemini
