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Tigerair could tie up with Indian Spicejet
Indian discount carrier Spicejet is reportedly in talks with Singapore budget airline Tigerair for a possible deal that would include Tigerair investing as a...
Brunei and Taiwan forging closer ties
Brunei Economic Development Board (BEDB) last week met with the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) in Taiwan and agreed to strengthen bilateral trade...
India to borrow Vietnam $100m for military equipment
India has offered a $ 100-million credit line to Vietnam to purchase military equipment, The Hindu newspaper reported on July 28. Vietnam will use...
Samsung pulls ahead of Apple in phone sales
South Korean electronics giant Samsung has, for the first time, overtaken Apple as the world’s most profitable mobile phone maker. According to research firm...
Mandalay to become “logistics hub” for China, India
Chinese businessmen in Mandalay, often found cradling a cup of tea on a restaurant veranda during hot afternoons, have been doing so for years....
South Korea grants $200m loan to Cambodia
South Korea will provide Cambodia with $200 million as a loan for road and dam projects, according to the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs,...
AirAsia India to take off in October
AirAsia's newest venture, AirAsia India, is set to take to the skies in October 2013, the company's founder and CEO Tony Fernandes said on...
Intellectual property mixed within our meals
How many times have you sat down for dinner and thought about intellectual property (IP) rights? Never, probably. But the food you eat contains...
South Korea spell-checking its tourism signpost
South Korea is leading by example in East Asia as it decided to correct frequent English misspellings on tourism signboards which sometimes are unintentionally...
Philippines, Taiwan sign nonviolence agreement
The Philippines and Taiwan have reached an agreement not to use force in the disputed zones of the 250-kilometer Luzon Strait that splits their...
Taiwan launches free WiFi for all tourists
Taiwan is now providing free Internet access at over 4,400 "iTaiwan" hotspots across the island to foreign tourists, who will also be able to...
ADB funds Myanmar-India highway
Myanmar, in cooperation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), will build a new highway linking the northeastern part of India with Myanmar.
The ADB has...
Japan wants slice of halal pie
Shinto-dominated Japan has discovered the halal market and wants to tap the global trade of halal food and products through the Japan Halal Association,...
India beats Thailand as top rice exporter
India has emerged as the world’s largest rice exporter in 2012 beating its Asian counterpart Thailand with shipment of 9.75 million tonnes, according to...
Asia’s largest advertising group created
The takeover of UK-based marketing agency Aegis by Japan's advertising giant Dentsu for $5 billion is creating Asia's largest advertising conglomerate. The deal will...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...