‘WHO is excluding us under China pressure,’ Taiwan minister says
TAIPEI -- Taiwan's coronavirus czar ripped the World Health Organization on Wednesday for refusing to give the island a seat...
Economic
Visa countdown haunts Asian tech workers as US layoffs mount
PALO ALTO, U.S. -- A Chinese software engineer went to a Mexican beach resort in March on what he called...
Pandemic to usher in new world order with China on top: Dalio
NEW YORK -- Billionaire investor Ray Dalio sees the coronavirus pandemic causing a shift in the global order as momentous as...
Japan’s missile shield deployment scuppered by local pushback
TOKYO -- Japan has scrapped plans to deploy the Aegis Ashore land-based missile defense system at a base on the...
Seoul says there is panic buying in North Korea
SEOUL -- Disruptions in the North Korean economy from plunging trade have led to a surge in prices, with Pyongyang...
Japan’s Aegis Ashore deployment scuppered by local pushback
TOKYO -- Japan has scrapped plans to deploy the Aegis Ashore land-based missile defense system at a base in Akita...
Japan’s foreign work force hit by ‘coronavirus cuts’
OSAKA -- COVID-19 is throwing growing numbers of foreign workers in Japan out of work, and leaving many in financially precarious...
Coronavirus curbs LNG demand in China, Japan and South Korea
TOKYO/SHANGHAI/SEOUL -- Asian demand for liquefied natural gas, which was driving growth in the global market, is slowing after the...
Indonesia deals with dueling outbreaks as dengue cases spike
JAKARTA -- Already struggling to cope with the spread of coronavirus, Indonesia's medical infrastructure is being pushed to the limit...
Chinese server giant Inspur wades into Japan’s $5bn market
TOKYO -- China's Inspur, the world's third-largest maker of servers for managing data, has gained a foothold in Japan, bringing...
