Asian News

July 03, 2023 5:35 PM

Camouflaged Taiwan army Humvees roared around the coastal drill area in Pingtung county’s Fangshan.

Australia’s resources exports and mining sector are heavily reliant on Chinese demand, with record export earnings set to fall to US$230 billion in 2024-25.

Piyush Gupta has built DBS into Singapore’s largest listed company, and Southeast Asia’s largest bank by assets. That very success is creating an elephant in the room.

July 03, 2023 4:41 PM

Mr Pita Limjaroenrat’s march to become the news prime minister will have to overcome doubts in the Senate.

July 03, 2023 4:40 PM

Working at night a solution as another heatwave - where daily temperatures would exceed 37 deg C - descended on northern Vietnam in early July.

July 03, 2023 4:10 PM

Offshore gaming operators have long been linked to crimes like human trafficking and money laundering.

July 03, 2023 4:05 PM

“Barbie” is the latest movie to be banned in Vietnam for depicting China’s controversial nine-dash line.

July 03, 2023 4:02 PM

Move Forward leader Pita Limjaroenrat, 42, is set to become Thailand’s new prime minister.

July 03, 2023 3:34 PM

BEIJING - Mr Liu Zhongtian, who founded Zhongwang Group and built it into Asia’s biggest maker of aluminum extrusion products while launching himself onto the Forbes list of China’s richest billionaires, now finds himself under legal restraint with his company in bankruptcy and much of his wealth evaporated. What went wrong?

Worn-out workers are guaranteed the right to quit under Japan’s laws, but some employers used to an old-style hierarchy just can’t accept that someone they have trained would want to walk away.

July 03, 2023 3:25 PM

The ship will call in at Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste.

July 03, 2023 3:05 PM

Footage on NHK showed flames in the shattered second floor windows.

July 03, 2023 2:52 PM

Shipments of coal used for power generation and steelmaking will rise steadily by volume until at least 2025.

July 03, 2023 2:37 PM

Pakistan is an avatar for how changed weather conditions affect climate-vulnerable countries that are not climate-resilient.

While Michelin ratings can benefit hawker businesses, many locals are feeling the negative effects, including longer queues and falling standards. One foodie said he ‘never wanted to go back’ to his favourite claypot rice place after it had made the list.

July 03, 2023 2:18 PM

Facilitate Corp is seeking payments from Twitter for work done in four countries, including Singapore.

In this edition of the Global Impact newsletter, we wrap up recent visits by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and look at who is in the better position and what the next moves might be.

July 03, 2023 1:59 PM

Over the weekend, intense rain lashed parts of Yunnan province and swept cars down the streets.

Supermarkets already ban take-home bags but now thin bags used for vegetables will be outlawed too.

A court has fined Twitter $61,000 for not complying with a government order to take down tweets.