Having lived in Indonesia for the past 14 years, Jakarta-based French entrepreneur and President of La French Tech Indonesia, Reza Pir Nazar, views Southeast Asia’s largest economy as an “interesting destination” for global technological investment. However, Reza highlights a stark regional imbalance, noting that “Singapore is getting the most attention”.
Category: People
The Fight for Clean Air Has Many Fronts. One of Them Is Algae.
The device on Rehaan Lulla’s desk looks like a lava lamp. A tall glass column, a slow swirl of green and a soft glow. What it is invisibly doing is drawing carbon dioxide out of the room and releasing oxygen more efficiently than the pot plants most people keep for the same reason. The organism inside is microalgae, grown for decades as food and as a cosmetics ingredient, which Rehaan’s start-up AlGreen has repurposed to clean the air.
The Missing Piece of Climate Action is Delivery
For years, we’ve seen governments effort to bold their commitment for climate change through Net-zero targets, signed international agreements and pledged billions of dollars for the energy transition. Yet despite those promises, the world continues to grapple, with rising emission, and more fragile geopolitical tension. These urgencies depict that we breathe in a nature that clearly moves like a ticking time bomb and it’s unfolding behind our eyes.
Why Cooling the Planet Means Removing Carbon, Not Just Emitting Less
Johanna has always been drawn to big challenges and to the simple solutions that are often underestimated. When it comes to the question of climate change, her answer is putting to use what is already around her.
Defending Maritime Rights Doesn’t Take a Warship, Just a Sheet of Paper
A single sheet of paper may seem insignificant against coast guard ships, offshore bases and competing territorial claims. Yet, for former Philippine Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, that sheet of paper could make all the difference in the South China Sea.
Korea Is Ready to Invest in Southeast Asia, But The Region Needs A Front Door
In the July heat of Aix-en-Provence in the south of France, Yejoon Chung keeps his suit buttoned and his tie straight while other delegates loosen their collars and drift toward the shade. With a public administration master’s degree from Harvard, Chung spends his days connecting Korean startups to the wider world. The paradox he keeps repeating is that the market he most wants Korean companies to enter is also the one they find hardest to read.
He built an AI tool to monitor government spending. Now comes the hard part.
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool called Nemesis, built by Abil Sudarman, is reshaping the conversation around public accountability in Indonesia, and what it reveals about the country’s broader ambitions.
They almost led Thailand. Now they’re trying to remake it.
On the sidelines of a fireside chat in Paris on January 19, SEA Daily spoke with two of Thailand’s leading progressive figures, Pita Limjaroenrat and Kunthida Rungruengkiat, about the country’s economy, politics, and international relations.