JAKARTA: More than 170,000 respiratory cases were recorded in regions affected by haze in Indonesia, a health ministry official said Tuesday (Sep 22), as the country battles for weeks to control…
PARTIES STILL NEGOTIATING It is still unclear who the various coalitions will pick as their partners for the Melaka polls. While BN and PN’s dominant party, the Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS)…
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia showed off a shuttered scam compound complete with counterfeit cash and a fake police station this week ahead of a global conference intended to burnish its anti-fraud…
HONG KONG: Asian stock markets mostly rose on Monday (Sep 21), boosted by global demand for artificial intelligence technology and positive signals from trade talks over the weekend between Chinese…
Dujuan forced the early closure of the Tokyo Game Show, one of the world’s biggest video-game trade fairs, on Monday, its final day. A major outdoor music festival and a baseball match both scheduled…
SEOUL: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has urged the United States to ease sanctions on North Korea in exchange for an agreement under which Pyongyang would freeze its nuclear weapons programme…
UNDERMINING BRAND KOREA? The breathtaking rally has been powered by a staggering 300 per cent surge in the stock market’s earnings growth over the past year, led by gains for the memory stocks, and…
NEW YORK: The United States on Monday (Sep 21) reiterated its commitment to the defence of key Asian allies Japan and South Korea, and the three nations expressed support for Taiwan ahead of a summit…
NOT A VERDICT But it would be an extraordinary conclusion to draw from one cyber breach that the “Make in India” brand is set to lose its competitiveness. The global push to diversify supply chains…
The blazes have sent hazardous smoke thousands of kilometres across the region into neighbouring countries, including Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. In Indonesia, some cities have been…
Japan Airlines cancelled 135 flights and All Nippon Airways scrapped 140, while more than 9,000 households near Tokyo were without power. More than 1.6 million residents in and around the capital…
Existing logistics infrastructure could help move cargo between inland China and overseas markets. Singapore container shipping company Pacific International Lines (PIL) is part of a joint venture…
CHENNAI: US coffee chain Starbucks has signed a pact to set up a global capability centre (GCC) in the southern Indian city of Chennai and hire roughly 800 technology professionals, the Tamil Nadu…
BEIJING: Top leaders of China’s ruling Communist Party will gather for a major meeting in October, state media said on Monday (Sep 21). The fifth plenary session of the 20th Central Committee – an…
MUMBAI: The National Stock Exchange of India’s IPO drew more than US$10 billion by the final day of bidding on Monday (Sep 21), as investors look to tap into a boom in public listings in Asia’s…
KABUL: Pakistan’s government said on Monday (Sep 21) that it launched airstrikes in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, killing at least 28 militants, with one security official saying two Afghan…
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing on Monday (Sep 21) proposed easing rules for listed companies making large deals and spin-offs, as the bourse seeks to boost the city’s appeal as a listing…
BENGALURU: Google said on Monday (Sep 21) it has agreed to report content flagged as child sexual abuse material to Indian authorities, breaking from a global practice under which such reports are…
AIRASIA’S FLIGHT AND PLIGHT The airline is no stranger to financial difficulty. Established in 1993, it began flying three years later as a conventional full-service airline – but struggled…
WIDENING INSURGENCIES Pakistan’s widening insurgencies are waged by competing groups with different support bases and ideologies but a common enemy in the Pakistani state. Last week’s attack in Kohat…
