North and South Korea border tensions: Seven things to know
SEOUL -- Just over two years since the leaders of the two Koreas shook hands over the demarcation line that...
Month: June 2020
As appetite for a thin EU trade deal grows, the City has the most to lose
Indeed, there is a sense in which politically it is no longer particularly important what is agreed, so long as...
Muhyiddin eyes unprecedented snap election to vanquish Mahathir
KUALA LUMPUR -- Embattled Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is considering a snap election, possibly by March 2021, as he...
Chinese shoppers push online retail to new heights
SHANGHAI -- Homemaker Wu Ting rarely goes out these days to buy groceries in Shanghai's markets and malls.During the city's...
Falling inflation may spark radical action from the Bank of England
It seems increasingly likely that the latter is the main result. George Buckley, economist at Nomura, lists four key reasons...
Japan’s tax revenue to slip below $560bn in fiscal 2019
TOKYO -- Japan's national tax revenue in the fiscal year ended March is expected to fall below 60 trillion yen...
Coronavirus blocks Belt and Road, cutting Q1 project value by 64%
SINGAPORE -- China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, which aims to link countries across Asia and beyond through a string...
Indonesia tops Singapore as Southeast Asia’s COVID-19 hot spot
JAKARTA -- Indonesia has once again become Southeast Asia's COVID-19 hot spot, overtaking Singapore in terms of cumulative cases on...
Huawei delays production of flagship phone after US crackdown
TAIPEI/TOKYO -- Huawei Technologies has told some suppliers to delay production for its newest flagship smartphone as the Chinese tech company...
KKR-led consortium invests $650m in Vietnam’s Vinhomes
HANOI -- A consortium led by U.S. private equity powerhouse KKR that includes Singapore's state investor Temasek Holdings, announced Tuesday that it isinvesting...
