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Friday, May 12, 2017

Both the opportunities and potential risks of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution must be addressed if Southeast Asia is to avoid economic stagnation and continue to develop over the coming decades, participants at the World Economic Forum on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations said Thursday.

As heads of state, business leaders and members of civil society gathered in Phnom Penh for the two-day meeting, the region’s role in the ongoing digital and technological revolution was a chief topic of discussion.