Myanmar’s ethnic conflicts obstruct COVID-19 aid to minorities
YANGON -- Myanmar's numerous unresolved ethnic insurgencies have made a cohesive national response to the global COVID-19 pandemic virtually impossible.Until...
Day: May 3, 2020
Normalcy eludes Bangkok after business lockdown eased
BANGKOK -- The streets of Bangkok hardly returned to business as usual Sunday, the first day of relaxed COVID-19 restrictions...
How the coronavirus crisis sealed Big Tech’s domination
“To sum it up: the strong will get stronger,” says Sir Martin Sorrell, veteran advertising magnate who turned WPP from...
Billionaire entrepreneurs have a duty to protect staff
Q Should billionaire owners of a business such as Virgin Atlantic be reliant on Government bailouts – or should they...
AI redraws Japan’s labor-intensive anime industry
TOKYO -- Stuck at home with no place to go as the new coronavirus lingers, many people remain glued to...
Amazon circles bankrupt OneWeb ahead of rescue bid deadline
Amazon is circling crashed satellite company OneWeb, the British firm backed by Sir Richard Branson and SoftBank, The Sunday Telegraph can...
Abe looks to extend Japan’s state of emergency through May 31
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to extend Japan's state of emergency by around a month through...
Hong Kong reopens, China trade data and Nintendo results
Welcome to Nikkei Asian Preview.The monthlong state of emergency declared by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was set to be lifted...
China’s state-owned giants say farewell to Hong Kong listings
HONG KONG/BEIJING -- Once viewed as a haven with access to foreign capital and marketplace discipline, Hong Kong's stock exchange...
China’s taste for Thai durians undiminished by coronavirus
CHANTHABURI, Thailand -- As the durians ripen in her orchard of 180 trees, Vipavadee Teplasamee eyes a lucrative harvest in...
