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in Southeast Asia </a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160505-DEMOCRACY-DEFERRED/On-the-Cover/Vested-interests-are-taking-the-shine-off-democracy-in-Southeast-Asia"><img src="/web/20160505035140im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/magazine/20160505/20160503_duterte_supporters/4444418-1-eng-GB/20160503_Duterte_supporters_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> Once at the forefront of the global democratization movement, Southeast Asia is seeing an erosion in civil rights and rule of law in several supposedly democratic countries.Even the Philippines, the most mature liberal democracy in the region, is st</p> <div class="date-area">May 5, 2016 12:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160505-DEMOCRACY-DEFERRED/Viewpoints/Kavi-Chongkittavorn-Laos-new-leader-faces-big-challenges-at-home-and-as-ASEAN-chief">Kavi Chongkittavorn: Laos' new leader faces big challenges -- at home and as ASEAN chief </a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160505-DEMOCRACY-DEFERRED/Viewpoints/Kavi-Chongkittavorn-Laos-new-leader-faces-big-challenges-at-home-and-as-ASEAN-chief"><img src="/web/20160505035140im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0425t/20160425_lao_leader.jpg/4403809-1-eng-GB/20160425_Lao_leader.jpg_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> The emergence of Thongloun Sisoulith as the new leader of the Lao People's Democratic Republic augurs well for the country's chairmanship of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations this year.Thongloun, who was elected prime minister on</p> <div class="date-area">May 5, 2016 12:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Metro-Pacific-seeks-foreign-partner-for-push-into-logistics">Metro Pacific seeks foreign partner for push into logistics</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> MANILA -- Metro Pacific Investments on Wednesday said it has ventured into the logistics market and hopes to nurture the business with a partner from outside the Philippines.As an initial investment, Metro Pacific Movers has acquired some assets of </p> <div class="date-area">May 4, 2016 10:38 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Former-Philippine-envoy-to-Japan-Domingo-Siazon-Jr.-dies-aged-76">Former Philippine envoy to Japan Domingo Siazon, Jr. dies aged 76</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Former-Philippine-envoy-to-Japan-Domingo-Siazon-Jr.-dies-aged-76"><img src="/web/20160505035140im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0504t/20160504_domingo_siazon_kurosaka/4450640-1-eng-GB/20160504_Domingo_Siazon_kurosaka_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> MANILA (Kyodo) -- Former Philippine foreign affairs secretary and long-time ambassador to Japan, Domingo Siazon, Jr. passed away on Tuesday night, officials announced Wednesday. He was 76.Siazon, who served as foreign minister from 1995 until 2001 u</p> <div class="date-area">May 4, 2016 08:58 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Millennials-could-help-restore-Marcos-dynasty">Millennials could help restore Marcos dynasty</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Millennials-could-help-restore-Marcos-dynasty"><img src="/web/20160505035140im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0503t/20160503_philippines/4446295-1-eng-GB/20160503_philippines_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> MANILA -- The "People Power" movement chased out dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, but 30 years later, a new generation of Filipinos may be about to place his son a heartbeat from the presidency.Ferdinand Marcos Jr., a senator popularly known as "B</p> <div class="date-area">May 4, 2016 03:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/SM-Investments-Q1-slows-on-banking-property">SM Investments Q1 slows on banking, property</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> MANILA -- SM Investments, the Philippines' largest conglomerate by market value, said on Tuesday that net profit grew 3.6% to 7 billion pesos ($149 million) in the first quarter from a year ago. This was slower than the 8% net income growth a year a</p> <div class="date-area">May 3, 2016 10:31 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/PLDT-Q1-hit-by-Rocket-Internet-losses">PLDT Q1 hit by Rocket Internet losses</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/PLDT-Q1-hit-by-Rocket-Internet-losses"><img src="/web/20160505035140im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0503t/20160503_pldt/4444860-1-eng-GB/20160503_pldt_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> MANILA -- Philippine Long Distance Telephone on Tuesday said net profit plunged 34% to 6.2 billion pesos ($132 million) in the first quarter from a year ago as expenses jumped while service revenues barely improved.Apart from lower core net income, </p> <div class="date-area">May 3, 2016 07:54 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Commentary</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Capital-Markets/Carla-Hoorweg-Building-an-Asia-wide-fund-market">Carla Hoorweg -- Building an Asia-wide fund market</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Capital-Markets/Carla-Hoorweg-Building-an-Asia-wide-fund-market"><img src="/web/20160505035140im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0503t/20160503_apecfund/4444451-1-eng-GB/20160503_apecfund_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> The achievement of a broad Asia-Pacific free trade area may remain a far-off goal, but real progress is meanwhile underway in the funds industry.The Asia Region Funds Passport, an initiative of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, is set to </p> <div class="date-area">May 3, 2016 03:22 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Foreign-operators-battle-for-Asian-airports-amid-privatization-wave">Foreign operators battle for Asian airports amid privatization wave</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Foreign-operators-battle-for-Asian-airports-amid-privatization-wave"><img src="/web/20160505035140im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0502n/0502n-siem-reap-airport/4441028-1-eng-GB/0502N-Siem-Reap-Airport_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TOKYO -- Competition for Asian airports is heating up as privatization offers new opportunities, with experienced European airport operators seeking a bigger slice of an $80 billion market.Kansai Airports, a consortium led by Japanese rental company</p> <div class="date-area">May 3, 2016 01:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/In-an-intense-campaign-overseas-Filipinos-prefer-Duterte">In an intense campaign, overseas Filipinos prefer Duterte</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/In-an-intense-campaign-overseas-Filipinos-prefer-Duterte"><img src="/web/20160505035140im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0502t/20160502_philippines-vote-singapore/4440670-1-eng-GB/20160502_Philippines-vote-Singapore_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> SINGAPORE -- Perched at the cashier's desk in MJ's Pinoy Shop in Singapore's Lucky Plaza, Janice Estrera's mind drifts back to her three children at home on Cebu island in the central Philippines, where they live with their grandparents."I would rea</p> <div class="date-area">May 3, 2016 10:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Philippines-Inc-Duterte-Harry-and-the-men-with-fists-full-of-dollars">Philippines, Inc. wary of Duterte as next president</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Philippines-Inc-Duterte-Harry-and-the-men-with-fists-full-of-dollars"><img src="/web/20160505035140im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/20160501/20160505-duterte-ayala/4438812-1-eng-GB/20160505-Duterte-Ayala_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> MANILA -- Rodrigo Duterte, the tough-talking front-runner in the Philippine presidential election on May 9, looked round the gilded chamber in the Manila Peninsula where 400 of the country's top business people had come to see him, and said: "Relax.</p> <div class="date-area">May 3, 2016 12:45 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/ADB-to-help-companies-get-into-Asia-s-infrastructure-race">ADB to help companies get into Asia's infrastructure race</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/ADB-to-help-companies-get-into-Asia-s-infrastructure-race"><img src="/web/20160505035140im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0502t/takehiko-nakao-president-of-the-asian-development-bank-speaks-during-a-press-conference-held-at-the-beginning-of-the-adb-annual-meeting-in-frankfurt-on-may-2/4441081-1-eng-GB/Takehiko-Nakao-president-of-the-Asian-Development-Bank-speaks-during-a-press-conference-held-at-the-beginning-of-the-ADB-annual-meeting-in-Frankfu_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> MANILA -- The Asian Development Bank is launching a program to encourage private companies to develop infrastructure in the region's emerging markets.Under the initiative, the ADB will offer businesses its expertise on proposing high-quality develop</p> <div class="date-area">May 2, 2016 04:45 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Interview</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/ASEAN-needs-Schengen-like-system-top-Thai-business-school-head">ASEAN needs Schengen-like system: top Thai business school head</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> BANGKOK -- If Southeast Asian countries want to make their common market more effectively function as a pan-regional economy, they should accelerate the free movement of people, according to the head of the region's top business school.In an intervi</p> <div class="date-area">May 2, 2016 04:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Philippine-presidential-election/Philippines-presidential-poll-to-impact-TPP-s-geopolitical-meaning">Philippines' presidential poll to impact TPP's geopolitical meaning</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Features/Philippine-presidential-election/Philippines-presidential-poll-to-impact-TPP-s-geopolitical-meaning"><img src="/web/20160505035140im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0428t/rodrigoduterte/4427241-1-eng-GB/RodrigoDuterte_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> MANILA -- When Philippine voters go to the polls to choose their next president on May 9, they will also be affecting, in an indirect way, the geopolitical importance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact.The U.S. sees the TPP as an econo</p> <div class="date-area">May 2, 2016 01:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Carriers-seek-a-way-out-as-Manila-airport-bursts-at-the-seams">Carriers seek a way out as Manila airport bursts at the seams</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Carriers-seek-a-way-out-as-Manila-airport-bursts-at-the-seams"><img src="/web/20160505035140im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0429n/0429n-manila-airport/4433413-1-eng-GB/0429N-Manila-Airport_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> MANILA -- Delays have become the norm at the overburdened international airport here as it struggles to keep up with surging traffic, leading many frustrated carriers to consider shifting focus to other Philippine airports.Flights rarely stay on sch</p> <div class="date-area">May 2, 2016 01:31 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Philippine-island-rebels-free-10-Indonesian-hostages">Philippine island rebels free 10 Indonesian hostages</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> MANILA (Reuters) -- Islamist militants in the southern Philippines released 10 Indonesian hostages on Sunday, ending a month-long ordeal during which a kidnapped Canadian held by the same group was beheaded after a ransom deadline passed.The chief o</p> <div class="date-area">May 1, 2016 05:37 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/ADB-to-ink-cooperation-deal-with-AIIB">ADB to ink cooperation deal with AIIB</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> TOKYO -- The Asian Development Bank will sign a memorandum of understanding with the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to extend syndicated loans and promote policy dialogue, informed sources said on Saturday.The deal between the two in</p> <div class="date-area">April 30, 2016 11:40 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Duterte-fails-to-calm-nervous-investors">Duterte fails to calm nervous investors</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035140/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Duterte-fails-to-calm-nervous-investors"><img src="/web/20160505035140im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0428t/20160428_duterte/4425109-1-eng-GB/20160428_duterte_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> MANILA -- Rodrigo Duterte, the frontrunner in the Philippine presidential election, talked with businessmen about killing criminals and tackling drug problems on Wednesday at an event intended for him to spell out his economic policies.At the Presid</p> <div class="date-area">April 28, 2016 12:45 pm 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