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TOKYO (AP) — Shares were mixed Monday in quiet trading ahead of Christmas holidays for many markets. Concern over the possibility of a North Korean missile test was leavened by signs of further progress in cooling trade tensions between Washington and Beijing as China announced plans to further open its financial markets to private business. |
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TOKYO (AP) — Shares were mixed Monday in quiet trading ahead of Christmas holidays for many markets. Concern over the possibility of a North Korean missile test was leavened by signs of further progress in cooling trade tensions between Washington and Beijing as China announced plans to further open its financial markets to private business. |
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SINGAPORE - A former employee of a Changi Airport unit was charged on Monday (Dec 23) after receiving bribes of more than $200,000 from a director of an information technology (IT) firm. James Lim Liong Ghee, 45, was an associate director at Changi Airports International and a former IT manager at hedge fund firm Dymon Asia Capital. |
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French ballast water treatment specialist BIO-UV Group has strengthened its global partnership network with Hai Cheung Trading (HCT), a specialist marine equipment supplier based in Hong Kong to reinforce the commercial rollout of BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system across Asia. |
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SINGAPORE - A former employee of a Changi Airport unit was charged on Monday (Dec 23) after receiving bribes of more than $200,000 from a director of an information technology (IT) firm. James Lim Liong Ghee, 45, was an associate director at Changi Airports International and a former IT manager at hedge fund firm Dymon Asia Capital. |
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Hundreds of tourists are flocking to a salt spring in the Khlong Thom district of Krabi to enjoy its warmth amid the cool atmosphere. Some 300-500 people every day visit the Khlong Thom salt spring, a famous tourist attraction Krabi province, one of only two in the world. PHOTO: The Nation/Asia News Network. |
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Four rare animals born at Perth Zoo will remain in their nest box for the next couple of months before visitors can get a closer look.
The endangered Nepalese red panda cubs and vulnerable binturong, or Asian bear-cat babies, arrived in early December. |
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TOKYO (AP) — Shares were mixed Monday in quiet trading ahead of Christmas holidays for many markets. Concern over the possibility of a North Korean missile test was leavened by signs of further progress in cooling trade tensions between Washington and Beijing as China announced plans to further open its financial markets to private business. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Shares in Asia drifted near record highs Monday, with volumes subdued as investors count down to the holiday break. Ten-year Treasury yields held above 1.90%. Equities had modest declines in Tokyo, Sydney and Shanghai. They were little changed in Hong Kong and Seoul. |
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U.K.based grocery giant Tesco-Lotus has halted production at a factory in China after it discovered the factory used forced labor. The forced labour was apparently used to produce charity Christmas cards for Tesco. Tesco said it has launched an investigation of the Chinese supplier of holiday cards. |
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The activity at Dara Sakor and other nearby Chinese projects is stirring fears that Beijing plans to turn this small Southeast Asian nation into a de facto military outpost. Already, a far-flung Chinese construction boom — on disputed islands in the South China Sea, across the Indian Ocean and.... |
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Vietnam in Southeast Asia is one of the best growing economies in the region. The country has become an attractive destination for investment from all over the globe. The trade wars between the US and China have certainly contributed to this outcome. Since the US has stopped cooperating with China.... |
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Zoe Low is a reporter at the Post, joining in 2018. Previously, she was an intern at The News Lens International in Taipei, covering Taiwan-China relations and foreign policy and social issues around Asia, particularly Southeast Asia. She graduated from the London School of Economics and the National Chengchi University in Taiwan. |
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In all likelihood, the Patriots will get their coveted, hard-earned, first-round bye. Then they’ll have to beat the Chiefs at home, and the Ravens on the road to get to Super Bowl LIV in Miami Gardens, just 73 miles south of Orchids of Asia. This is the takeaway from Saturday’s entertaining 24-17.... |
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Authorities in India have shutdown mobile and internet services in an effort to thwart protests over a new citizenship law that excludes Muslims. Student-led protests that have galvanized a large section of the Indian public. They have been met with communications blocks in areas of New Delhi; in.... |
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Based on the list, Europe & Asia Commercial Co Ltd (EAC), a manufacturer and distributor of consumer and food products, became the leading tax payer in Myanmar for the period, contributing taxes of more than K20 billion to the country’s coffers. EAC is followed by diversified conglomerate Myanma.... |
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BEIJING Dec. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Trip.com Group CEO Jane Sun met with Lao Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune last Friday, to discuss possibilities for cooperation in the tourism industry, including the streamlining of visa applications as well as various cultural exchange projects. |
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. The writer is a freelance journalist and a correspondent for The Diplomat, based in Lahore, Pakistan. His research focuses primarily on the analysis of South Asian security and politics. His work has been featured in number of renowned media outlets including Foreign Policy, Al-Jazeera, The.... |
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On the December 11, 2019, ISDP held a forum entitled “A New EU Strategy for Central Asia”, to launch a new ISDP Silk Road Paper on the 2019 European Central Asia strategy, its implications, as well as public reactions to the document. The speakers were Dr. Svante E. Cornell, Director of ISDP´s Silk Road Studies Program, and Mr. |
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BIO-UV Group has recently strengthened its global partnership network with Hai Cheung Trading (HCT), a specialist marine equipment supplier based in Hong Kong. The strategic alliance aims to reinforce the commercial rollout of the company’s BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system across Asia. |
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Mall developers are adding properties in a big way despite lower discretionary income in the hands of consumers and competition from e-commerce firms. Almost all the big mall developers/investors such as Raheja-owned Inorbit Malls, Xander-APG joint venture Virtuous Retail South Asia (VRSA), property.... |
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AMMAN — The West Asia and North Africa Institute (WANA) on Sunday launched three policy papers aiming to find ways of reintegrating disadvantaged groups of women and persons with disabilities (PwD) by better contributing to the development of their social and economic lives. |
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THE ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems certificate was officially awarded to United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. (UAAGI) and FOTON Motor Philippines, Inc. (FMPI) President Rommel Sytin during the company’s yearend celebration last Dec. 13 at Fontana Leisure Parks and Casino in Clark, Pampanga. |
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Tax compliance: A number of taxpayers file their returns with the Jakarta Tax Office in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta. Indonesia's tax-to-GDP ratio stood at 11.5 percent in 2017, the lowest in Asia and the Pacific. (JP/Nurhayati)Another year, another attempt, another failure in collecting tax. |
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TASHKENT -- Polling stations have closed in Uzbekistan after voting on December 22 in the first parliamentary elections since President Shavkat Mirziyoev came to power nearly three years ago. Mirziyoev has promised reforms since taking over leadership of a country that boasts Central Asia's.... |
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