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Shopee broke the regional sales record with 12 million items sold within the first 24 minutes of its 12.12 birthday sale recently. KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 14 — Online marketplace Shopee wrapped up its year-end shopping season with a record-breaking 12.12 birthday sale in the South-east Asian region. |
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MANILA, Philippines Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) is funding the construction of elevated walkways for pedestrians on EDSA, Metro Manila’s busiest thoroughfare. In a statement early Monday, ADB said its Board had approved lending $123 million to the EDSA Greenways Project. |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is opening dozens of free COVID-19 testing sites in the greater Seoul area, as the country registered additional 718 new cases amid a surge in infections. The additional cases Monday were a drop from the 1,030 cases reported a day earlier, the highest daily.... |
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A currency gestures as he talks with his colleagues at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Monday as the Bank of Japan's quarterly "tankan" survey showed stronger than expected business.... |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea was opening dozens of free COVID-19 testing sites in the greater Seoul area, as the country registered additional 718 new cases Monday amid a surge in... |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is opening dozens of free COVID-19 testing sites in the greater Seoul area, as the country registered additional 718 new cases amid a surge in infections. The additional cases Monday were a drop from the 1,030 cases reported a day earlier, the highest daily.... |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea was opening dozens of free COVID-19 testing sites in the greater Seoul area, as the country registered additional 718 new cases Monday amid a surge in infections. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said the additional cases took the country’s total.... |
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. Contributed by NAMPA / PTI. Tokyo, Dec 14 (AP) Shares have risen in Asia, shrugging off a weak close last week on Wall Street after Japan's central bank reported a strong improvement in business sentiment. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 climbed 0.6per cent and shares were also higher in Shanghai, Seoul and Sydney. |
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* Graphic: World FX rates http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh * Graphic: Foreign flows into Asian stocks https://tmsnrt.rs/3lKhL5I * Philippine shares hit near 9-month high * Singapore stocks gain ahead of PM's national address * S.Korea lags as surging COVID-19 cases dent sentiment... |
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League of Legends: Wild Rift. (Photo: Riot Games) Riot Games has announced their plans for League of Legends: Wild Rift’s esports scene in Southeast Asia, which includes professional and collegiate circuits in seven countries in the region. In a release on Monday (14 December), Riot said Wild Rift’s.... |
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Organization: Wageningen University Start date: 27 Sep 2021 End date: 18 Nov 2021 Registration deadline: 16 Aug 2021 The world becomes increasingly urban. In 2050 two thirds of the world’s population lives in cities, particularly in Africa and Asia. Natural resource scarcity, climate change and population growth pose challenges. |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea was opening dozens of free COVID-19 testing sites in the greater Seoul area, as the country registered additional 718 new cases Monday amid a surge in infections. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said the additional cases took the country’s total.... |
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Countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Source: Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Bangkok, Thailand Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) hosted the first Climate Adaptation Platform-South Asia (CAP-South Asia) regional policy dialogue on 9.... |
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The Thai baht hovered around the key 30-per-dollar level on Monday with traders reporting suspected intervention by the central bank, while most Asian stock markets rose on hopes for a vaccine-linked economic recovery. The baht, which resumed trade after an extended weekend, inched down 0.1% to 30. |
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Officials prepare to cull ducks at a farm in Naju, 355 kilometers south of Seoul, last Friday. Yonhap via The Korea Herald/Asia News Network.
SEOUL — South Korea said Monday it is speeding up efforts to cull poultry in areas affected by highly pathogenic bird flu amid growing concerns over the nationwide spread due to migratory birds. |
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Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, left, speaks at a Dec. 1 meeting of the government’s growth strategy council, where ways to realize net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050 were discussed. The Japan News/Asia News Network.
TOKYO — The Japanese government has decided to stipulate in law its.... |
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SEOUL – South Korea was opening dozens of free COVID-19 testing sites in the greater Seoul area, as the country registered additional 718 new cases Monday amid a surge in infections. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said the additional cases took the country’s total since the pandemic began to 43,484 infections with 587 deaths. |
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A currency gestures as he talks with his colleagues at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Monday as the Bank of Japan's quarterly "tankan" survey showed stronger than expected business.... |
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PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A Nepali security guard working for Malaysia's glove manufacturer Top Glove Corp is believed to have died of Covid-19. It is learned that Yam Narayan Chaudhary died on Saturday (Dec 12), after he was admitted to hospital on Nov 21. |
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In the mid-70s, Freddy travelled widely in Asia where he visited India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar and Thailand. He decided to settle in Bangkok and in 1981 opened the Visual Dhamma Gallery at a converted townhouse tucked away in Soi Asoke, Sukhumvit Road. |
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The pandemic and worldwide lockdowns may have detrimentally affected the tropical timber market in 2020, but in 2021 the market is projected to rebound back and even above pre-pandemic levels. That was the sentiment from the TTF Tropical Timber Market Webinar that brought together speakers from top tropical timber countries across Africa and Asia. |
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December 13, 2020. By Kay Johnson and Matthew Tostevin. BANGKOK (Reuters) -A U.S.-funded project using satellites to track and publish water levels at Chinese dams on the Mekong river was announced on Monday, adding to the superpowers’ rivalry in Southeast Asia. |
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Rimmel Mohydin, South Asia Campaigner at Amnesty International. “With infections and fatalities rising daily, overcrowding in Pakistan’s prisons is a ticking time bomb. The authorities must learn the lessons of the first wave and urgently ensure a significant reduction in the country’s prison.... |
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Vaccine approval begins rush to deliver. Australia’s vaccine roadblock. Indonesia floats a bigger navy. Food honored. Tesla seeks Indonesian nickel. Smartphone glass. Keeping a holiday tradition. |
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The Bank of Japan's quarterly tankan is expected to be out at around 7:50 a.m. HK/SIN on Monday. The headline index for big manufacturers' confidence is expected to show less pessimism in the December quarter as compared to the previous three months, according to economists in a Reuters poll. |
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