Archive for March 5th, 2019
Business Briefs 05 March 2019
* LDG Investment Company (LDG) has targeted a net profit of VND600 billion this year, which is almost unchanged from last year. Its revenue is expected to jump 91 % to nearly [...] » More
Asian markets rally as hopes of a trade deal get an extra boost
Asian markets mostly rose Monday on growing optimism for a trade deal between China and the United States after reports said the two sides were close to a breakthrough. With [...] » More
Taiwan’s move to legalise gay marriage a global victory: Canadian envoy
Taiwan’s decision to soon legalise same-sex marriage is a win for the people of the world, a Canadian diplomat and advocate of LGBTI rights told CNA earlier this week. [...] » More
Couple from Singapore investigated by Taiwan authorities for allegedly dumping baby’s body in Taipei
A couple from Singapore are being investigated by Taiwanese authorities for allegedly dumping the body of a newborn baby girl in a recycling bin. Taiwan’s Criminal [...] » More
Taiwan ready to share experience as victim of China’s hostility: MOFA
As country that has been subjected to China’s political belligerence for many years, Taiwan would be willing to share that experience with other nations that might be [...] » More
Taiwan turns to Japan for help in ‘defending shared values’
China has Taiwan in its crosshairs, the island’s president warned Saturday while appealing to Japan for diplomatic support. “I’m determined to work with [...] » More
Filipino suspect arrested 10 days after deaths on Taiwan fishing boat
A Filipino man has been arrested on suspicion of killing two of his crew members on a Taiwan-registered fishing boat in the Indian Ocean last month, the Coast Guard [...] » More
Tencent, Kakao among shortlisted bidders for Korean gaming firm Nexon: Korea Economic Daily
Chinese tech giant Tencent and South Korea’s biggest chat operator Kakao Corp are among five bidders shortlisted to buy South Korean gaming firm Nexon, the Korea [...] » More
White House security chief calls Trump-Kim summit ‘success’
President Donald Trump said Sunday that the congressional questioning last week of his former lawyer may have contributed to the failure of his summit with North Korean [...] » More
US, Korea end spring military drills to back diplomacy
South Korea and the US are eliminating their massive springtime military drills and replacing them with smaller exercises in what they call an effort to support diplomacy [...] » More
Trump says big US savings in curbing joint Korea military drills
President Donald Trump said on Sunday the reason he wanted to curb military drills with South Korea was to save the United States hundreds of millions of dollars in costs, [...] » More
US, Korea scale back joint military drills ‘to reduce tension’ with N Korea
The United States and South Korea announced Saturday that annual large-scale exercises, which were a cornerstone and recent common feature of the defense relationship between [...] » More
White House security chief defends Trump-Kim summit
US national security advisor John Bolton denied Sunday that last week’s nuclear summit with North Korea was a failure, despite President Donald Trump coming home [...] » More
S. Korea’s Moon urges new US-North denuclearisation talks
South Korea President Moon Jae-in on Monday urged the US and North Korea to quickly resume denuclearisation talks after their Hanoi summit last week ended without a deal. [...] » More
McCarthy says he believes N Korea’s Kim knew about Warmbier, contradicts Trump
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., became the latest Republican to contradict President Trump over the imprisonment and death of American Otto Warmbier in North [...] » More
