Last updated February 10th, 2024. We at InvestAsian have long held a fascination with Japan, from its culture, people, and food. Naturally, that fascination extends to the Japanese real estate market. We're not the only ones! Millions of foreign tourists visit...
South Korean Citizenship and Residence: The Complete Guide
South Korea enjoys one of the best passports in Asia. If you're living and doing business here on a long-term basis, it's worth thinking about becoming a citizen. The Korean passport has visa-free access to 192 different countries as of 2024, thus easily ranking it...
Property Developers in Asia: Why You Shouldn’t Buy From Them
Last updated November 25th, 2023. Naturally, the demand for property investment in Asia invites less scrupulous people to come out of the woodwork to supply these supposed opportunities. Property developers have traditionally fulfilled this role, playing on the...
Why Your Vacation Home Isn’t a Good Investment
Last updated December 25th, 2023. For about a decade, we've advised our clients and readers that they should never combine a vacation home with an investment. Mixing a lifestyle purchase with an optimal investment has never been a good idea. If anything, the...
Don’t Invest in Myanmar: Here’s Why
Update for 2024: Some Burmese readers were upset at time, but we’re happy to have advised that investing in Myanmar was a bad idea years before it became an obvious fact. This article was originally published six years ago. Here are our unaltered predictions from back...
Top 5 Safest Currencies in Asia: Hold These in a Crisis
Last updated February 8th, 2024. High inflation, combined with rising interest rates, now ranks among the top concerns that investors have about the global economy. It's natural that people want to hold currencies that will maintain their value - whether in Asia or...
How to Invest in Cambodia: Asia’s Top Frontier Market
Last updated July 6th, 2023. Cambodia is ranked among the world's fastest growing countries. It's also one of the most accessible frontier markets to foreign investors. Generally unexplored, multinational firms like Samsung and 7-Eleven have just recently started...
Thailand Foreign Property Ownership: Your Best Options
Last updated November 3rd, 2023. There is one country that undoubtedly comes to mind when someone mentions Southeast Asia: Thailand. Foreign property ownership in Thailand is among the most popular methods of direct investment in Asia. Westerners will sometimes...
Top 10 Cambodia Property Developers: Complete Guide
Last updated December 4th, 2023. Cambodia, with its strong appreciation potential and high rental yields exceeding 6%, is arguably the best place to buy real estate in Southeast Asia right now. Despite the country’s troubled past, it hasn’t experienced a recession in...
Buying Stocks in Singapore: A Foreigner’s Guide
Last updated March 11th, 2024. Singapore is a small country in terms of size. Yet due to its wealth and status as Southeast Asia's financial hub, both locals and foreigners want to buy stocks in Singapore more than ever. Since 1960, Singapore's economy has averaged an...