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Bukalapak, an Indonesian marketplace, empowers small merchants and connects consumers with diverse products online.

Bukalapak

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Services

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

Indonesia

The Indonesian firm booked its first quarterly profit since restructuring began.

Bukalapak returns to profit in Q1 after shedding physical sales | KrASIA

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Bukalapak returns to profit in Q1 after shedding physical sales

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

KrASIA

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Sudo Lim

Gojek, an Indonesian superapp, covers on-demand rides, food delivery, and financial services, enriching daily urban life.

Gojek

GoTo, formed by Gojek and Tokopedia, merges ride-hailing, logistics, and retail into a single super-app ecosystem.

GoTo

Tokopedia, an Indonesian online marketplace, empowers entrepreneurs, brands, and SMEs to reach digital-savvy consumers.

Tokopedia

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

Fintech

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

GoTo’s delivery, mobility, and fintech units all posted gains.

GoTo posts EBITDA profit in Q1 as Grab merger rumors simmer | KrASIA

GoTo posts EBITDA profit in Q1 as Grab merger rumors simmer

How do we store tomorrow’s power? Evaluate battery R&amp;D, manufacturing progress, and recycling strategies fueling energy independence.

Batteries

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

How is power evolving? Review renewable sources, grid innovations, and efficiency measures driving cleaner, more resilient energy systems.

Energy

Eve Energy’s new large-format cylindrical cells are built for faster production, flexible chemistries, and stronger crash resistance.

Round, rugged, and ready: Eve Energy sees cylindrical batteries as “optimal solution” for EVs | KrASIA

Round, rugged, and ready: Eve Energy sees cylindrical batteries as “optimal solution” for EVs

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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36Kr English

How can businesses drive positive change? Study policies, ESG strategies, and community initiatives fostering global social advancement.

Social Impact

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Philippines

The network is currently looking out for investors to expand further. If you’re wondering why participation in a dating site is a “hustle,” it’s because, in some ways, it is. Sugarbook prides itself as a dating website for “sugar babies” and “sugar daddies.” The platform matches young females or males with potential partners who are willing to support their companions financially.

As joblessness bites, a 'sugar daddy' dating site is thriving in the Philippines | KrASIA

As joblessness bites, a &#8216;sugar daddy&#8217; dating site is thriving in the Philippines

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Elyssa Christine Lopez

Meta oversees social networks (like Facebook and Instagram), messaging apps, VR platforms, and digital ads, connecting billions across continents.

Myanmar

The Civil Disobedience Movement page garnered over 192,000 followers.   Facebook, the social network, and other products of the company including WhatsApp and Instagram have been severely restricted by several telecom operators in Myanmar, and are to remain blocked until February 7 to prevent users from “troubling the country’s stability,” according to a statement posted by the government.

Myanmar junta bans Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram to stifle opposition | KrASIA

Myanmar junta bans Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram to stifle opposition

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KrASIA Writers

Q&amp;A

Monica Oudang is the Chairwoman of the Yayasan Anak Bangsa Bisa (YABB) foundation, launched in March 2020 by Indonesia-headquartered ride-hailing firm Gojek. YABB aims to create more sustainable livelihoods, specifically for people working in the informal sector. Oudang previously served as Gojek's Chief Human Resources Officer, where she supported the firm's employment growth from 100 employees to over 4000 in five years.

[Tuning In] Monica Oudang on how Gojek's YABB foundation has supported the informal sector during the pandemic | KrASIA

[Tuning In] Monica Oudang on how Gojek&#8217;s YABB foundation has supported the informal sector during the pandemic

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Sara Mandagie

Myanmar’s telecom connectivity was severely restricted on Monday morning, after the military arrested the country’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, together with other senior officials and activists.

Internet, cell networks disrupted in Myanmar turmoil | KrASIA

Internet, cell networks disrupted in Myanmar turmoil

Facebook oversight board consists of 20 journalists, politicians, and judges from around the globe.

Facebook's oversight board reverses Muslim-related hate speech takedown in Myanmar | KrASIA

Facebook&#8217;s oversight board reverses Muslim-related hate speech takedown in Myanmar

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Stephanie Li

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

The Yangon-based startup wants to become one of the top three waste management firms in Southeast Asia by 2024.

Recyglo seeks a smarter future for Myanmar's waste: Startup Stories | KrASIA

Recyglo seeks a smarter future for Myanmar&#8217;s waste: Startup Stories

Singapore

Patti shares her views on raising awareness about the environment.

[Tuning In] Patti Chu wants to help startups make a positive social impact in Asia | KrASIA

[Tuning In] Patti Chu wants to help startups make a positive social impact in Asia

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Taro Ishida

800 million people used WeChat health code

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

Tencent

WeChat, Tencent’s superapp, combines messaging, social media, mobile payments, and mini-programs, streamlining daily tasks for over a billion users.

WeChat

Each user on average displayed the health code 25 times since being launched.

KEY STAT | WeChat health code served 800 million to track COVID-19 | KrASIA

KEY STAT | WeChat health code served 800 million to track COVID-19

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Julianna Wu

“We need to show to the world that we can manage and take care of our territories” says Paul Sein Twa.

Social Impact

As joblessness bites, a ‘sugar daddy’ dating site is thriving in the Philippines

Myanmar junta bans Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram to stifle opposition

[Tuning In] Monica Oudang on how Gojek’s YABB foundation has supported the informal sector during the pandemic

Internet, cell networks disrupted in Myanmar turmoil

Facebook’s oversight board reverses Muslim-related hate speech takedown in Myanmar

Recyglo seeks a smarter future for Myanmar’s waste: Startup Stories

[Tuning In] Patti Chu wants to help startups make a positive social impact in Asia

KEY STAT | WeChat health code served 800 million to track COVID-19

[Tuning In] Prize-winning Myanmarese activist Paul Sein Twa on a park for peace

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