Archive for October 1st, 2018
Death toll from Indonesian quake, tsunmai rises to 832: disaster mitigation agency
The death toll from an earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi rose to 832 on Sunday, the national disaster mitigation agency said, adding it assessed the [...]
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Business Briefs 01 Oct 2018
* Saigon Beer-Alcohol-Beverage Corporation (SAB) has announced its first-round 2018 interim cash dividend of VND1,500 a share. The record date is on October 17 and the [...]
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Dr M wants UN veto power changed
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has repeated his call for the further democratisation of the United Nations (UN) to give small nations a bigger voice. The prime minister told the [...]
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Study: HK most at risk of property bubble
Hong Kong is the city at most risk of a property bubble, followed closely by Munich, Toronto and Vancouver, said a study published by Swiss bank UBS. Chicago is the only [...]
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Companies are making a beeline to go public in HK market
The number of companies filing to go public in Hong Kong has jumped almost threefold this year, driven in part by China’s burgeoning technology sector, but they will [...]
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Taiwanese use new machines to exchange trash for cash
Residents of Taiwan’s capital Taipei are using newly installed machines called “iTrash booths” to recycle cans and bottles in exchange for credit on their [...]
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Korea wants to brainwash students to whitewash N Korea’s bloody history
For those whose world is based in moral equivalence, there is no difference between liberal democracy and totalitarian dictatorship. Supposed micro-aggressions or past human [...]
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Korean warship runs afoul of China in the South China Sea as the US and its allies up the pressure on Beijing
A South Korean warship seeking refuge from a storm upset Beijing by sailing close to disputed Chinese territory in the South China Sea in mid-September. Dodging a typhoon, [...]
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Scandal-plagued Korea Buddhist sect elects new leader
South Korea’s largest Buddhist denomination elected a new leader on Friday (September 28) in an uncontested vote that did little to dispel anger following years of [...]
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US seeks to keep N Korea sanctions; Russia, China object
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday that the world stands at the “dawn of a new day” in relations with North Korea but that international sanctions must [...]
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Korea’s LG Display to cut jobs through voluntary retirement
South Korea’s LG Display Co Ltd, an Apple supplier, will cut jobs through voluntary retirement for the first time since its founding, a spokeswoman confirmed on [...]
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N Korea learns to embrace its inner consumer
In an instructional television programme about table tennis on the state-run sports channel, every ball, paddle and shirt bear the logo of “Naegohyang,” one of [...]
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Mike Pompeo floats prospect of officially ending Korean War ahead of Trump-Kim summit
Given the Trump administration’s goal of a complete, verifiable denuclearisation of North Korea during President Trump’s first term, Secretary of State Mike [...]
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The latest: China encourages N. Korea on denuclearisation
The latest on the United Nations general Assembly (all times local): 11:20.m. Chinese Foreign minister Wang Yi says his country encourages North Korea “to continue [...]
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Mike Pompeo floats prospect of officially ending Korean War ahead of Trump-Kim summit
Given the Trump administration’s goal of a complete, verifiable denuclearisation of North Korea during President Trump’s first term, Secretary of State Mike [...]
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