Resilient Tencent set to offset game slowdown with e-payment revival
NEW YORK -- Tencent Holdings is finding that its diversification push over the years is bearing fruit, as multiple channels of revenue...
Economic
Xi eyes South Korea as possible first post-pandemic trip in 2020
SEOUL -- Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to visit Seoul by the end of the year as planned, he told South...
Bullet trains cut by 40% to Hokkaido, other Japan destinations
TOKYO -- East Japan Railway will slash high-speed bullet train service by about 40% indefinitely as the country's coronavirus outbreak disrupts plans by...
Singapore gets serious about social distancing migrant workers
SINGAPORE -- Shamin Khan, a 35-year-old migrant worker from Bangladesh, is quite satisfied with his new living quarters."We are very...
Japan to inject capital into virus-hit companies
TOKYO -- The Japanese government will inject cash into large and mid-size corporations that are struggling in the face of...
Most of Japan to reopen Thursday, but not big cities
TOKYO -- Japan is expected to bring an early end to the state of emergency Thursday in 39 of its...
Indonesia IPOs surge ahead, defying coronavirus slump
JAKARTA -- As the coronavirus pandemic prompted international investors to flee Indonesia, sending the stock market to an eight-year low, the...
Gilead licenses remdesiver production to India and Pakistan
NEW DELHI -- U.S.-based Gilead Sciences has tied up with India's Cipla and Jubilant Life Sciences, Pakistan's Ferozsons Laboratories and...
Virgin Australia administrator expects 19 bidders
SYDNEY -- Nineteen companies and investment funds in Australia and overseas are expected to meet a Friday deadline to submit...
Thailand follows Vietnam with no new coronavirus cases
BANGKOK -- Thailand achieved an important milestone Wednesday, reporting zero new confirmed COVID-19 cases for the first time in over...
