Archive for January 6th, 2020
Business Briefs 06 January 2020
* Apax Holdings Joint Stock Company (IBC) has passed a plan to borrow VND350 billion from Apax English Corporation for its investment, and purchase 6.6 million shares from [...] » More
To skirt police restrictions, some Indian protesters take a page from HK and beyond
Before midnight on New Year’s Eve, a call to action was sent on a private WhatsApp group within the hour, dozens gathered in the centre of the Hyderabad, many holding [...] » More
Louis Vuitton to close HK shop as protests bite: report
Louis Vuitton, the world’s biggest luxury goods brand by sales, is preparing to shut one of its shops in Hong Kong where protests have hit demand as high rental costs [...] » More
Latest Data Shows Protests Sucking The Life Out Of HK Economy
Hong Kong started off the Western New Year in protest mode. Tens of thousands took to the streets again this week to call for universal suffrage, and freedom for protesters [...] » More
HK steps up response to mystery disease from China
Hong Kong authorities activated a newly created “serious response” level as fears spread about a mysterious infectious disease that may have been brought back by [...] » More
Taiwan Asia’s best in equality: report
The Executive Yuan yesterday published this year’s Gender at a Glance report, which used indicators in the UN’s Gender Inequality Index and found that, if it were [...] » More
Profiles of Taiwan’s presidential candidates
Taiwan votes in presidential and parliamentary elections next Saturday, with three candidates standing for the position of president, including current leader Tsai Ing-wen [...] » More
Factbox: Key facts on Taiwan-China relations ahead of Taiwan elections
Taiwan goes to the polls next Saturday to elect a new president and parliament. China, which considers Taiwan merely a Chinese province and part of its territory, will be [...] » More
Ex-Taiwan president sues Han Kuo-yu
Former Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian filed a defamation lawsuit against Kuomintang (KMT) party presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu on Friday (January 3) at Taipei District [...] » More
US military retiree banned from bases in Korea due to black-market allegations
A US military retiree has been banned from bases in South Korea over allegations of buying excessive duty-free goods and black marketing, officials said Friday. The move came [...] » More
Europe helps secure release of 11 N Korean defectors held in Vietnam activists
A group of 11 North Koreans who were detained in Vietnam while seeking to defect to South Korea have been released thanks to the help of European institutions, a Seoul-based [...] » More
New justice minister says prosecution reform ‘demand of times’
Justice minister Choo Mi-ae pledged to reform the prosecution as she took office Friday, calling it the “demand of the times.” “Reforming the prosecution, [...] » More
Survey: Korea’s Gen Z less interested in unification, Korean identity
South Koreans born after 1995 are less supportive of unification and feel less affinity for North Koreans despite a common ethnic identity, according to a recent survey. The [...] » More
I have reported on 30 Korean celebrity suicides. The blame game never changes
On a hot August day in 2008, I was invited to appear on a TV entertainment programme hosted by actor Ahn Jae-hwan. I noticed Ahn was behaving oddly, walking nervously around [...] » More
China calls for easing UN sanctions on N Korea
A Chinese-Russian resolution aimed at easing international sanctions on North Korea is a “timely” step in the “right direction,” China’s UN [...] » More
