In a race against time, Japan builds up its cyber forensics
TOKYO -- It’s every CEO’s worst nightmare: Invisible invaders rummaging through internal documents, collecting private emails, salaries and even trade...
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South Korea’s SK mass-produces Japan-grade etching gas
SEOUL -- South Korea's SK Materials has begun mass production of a crucial chipmaking gas at a purity level nearly on par...
Chinese shoppers drive online retail with ‘revenge spending’
SHANGHAI -- Homemaker Wu Ting rarely goes out these days to buy groceries in Shanghai's markets and malls.During the city's...
HSBC moves ahead with sweeping job cuts held up by coronavirus
HONG KONG -- As the coronavirus pandemic puts pressure on its loan portfolio and profits, HSBC Holdings has revived plans...
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...
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...
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...
