North Korea sent 1,000 IT specialists across the world: UN report
NEW YORK -- The North Korean military has possibly sent over 1,000 information technology workers abroad to earn foreign currency,...
Year: 2020
Coronavirus latest: Global death toll tops 150,000
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Trump says WHO ignored Taiwan email on human transmission
NEW YORK -- U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down on his criticism of the World Health Organization on Friday, suggesting...
Cambodia awaits payday as Hun Sen cozies up to China
BANGKOK -- "A friend in need is a friend indeed" is a slogan likely to be repeated by China and...
Abe urges people to apply online for swift $930 payments
TOKYO -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants to see people apply for universal 100,000 yen ($930) cash payouts online or via...
Indonesia passes Philippines as Southeast Asia’s virus hot spot
JAKARTA -- Indonesia has overtaken the Philippines to become the Southeast Asian nation with the most cases of the coronavirus...
Coronavirus latest: France sees no evidence of link to Wuhan lab
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
Merger of AirAsia and Malaysia Airlines an option: Minister Azmin
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -- Merging money-losing state carrier Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) with budget airline AirAsia Group is one of the...
Amazon’s Deliveroo deal is cleared by UK regulator
A multimillion-pound investment by Amazon in Deliveroo has been provisionally cleared by competition chiefs after the takeaway courier said it would...
Japan doubles payments to hospitals for worst coronavirus cases
TOKYO -- Japan's health ministry on Friday decided to double reimbursement to hospitals for treatment of severely ill coronavirus patients, seeking...
