South Korea will set up a channel to provide foreign-currency funds to local financial firms through repurchase agreements to prevent any temporary shortage in liquidity from developing into a …
Carry Starts Offline Data Collection from South Korea’s largest SMB loyalty point platform with 23M users
SEOUL, South Korea, June 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On June 29th, South Korea’s Blockchain Project Carry Protocol announced that it started data collection from the offline market targeting roughly …
South Korea’s finance minister rules out need for further extra budgets
SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) – South Korean Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki ruled out the need for a fourth extra budget this year and said that the economic shock from the coronavirus pandemic may have bottomed..
Thailand reports 7 new coronavirus cases, all imported, no new deaths
Thailand on Monday reported seven new coronavirus cases, all of which were imported, marking 35 days without community transmission. The seven cases were Thais returning from India and the United …
Worst Yet to Come, WHO Says; Record Iran Deaths: Virus Update
The World Health Organization warned the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is still to come because of a lack of global solidarity. More U.S. areas took steps to scale back reopenings, with Arizona …
Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump over killing of top general – Fars news
June 29 (Reuters) – Iran has issued an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump and 35 others over the killing of top general Qassem Soleimani and has asked Interpol for help, Tehran …
Political Chess Pawn: Iran Has a New Parliament Speaker
The table has been set for Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf to have an expansive and explosive role as a speaker of parliament.
Finance Bill sails through NA amid uproar
Amidst chaos and furore created by the opposition, the National Assembly on Monday finally passed the Finance Bill 2020 after rejecting all the amendments of the joint opposition, which led to …
Attack on Pakistan Exchange Leaves Four Dead; Gunmen Killed
Pakistani security officials killed four gunmen in Karachi before they could enter the stock exchange building with guns and a hand grenade.The attackers were not able to enter the main compound, said …
Analyst term passage of Finance Bill victory of govt’s relief agenda
Passage of Finance Bill is a victory of government’s agenda to provide relief to down-trodden and marginalized segment of society. The government is taking concrete measures to increase imports and …