A total of 158,200 foreign visitors arrived in Indonesia in October, 88.25% lower than the number of arrivals in the same month last year, data from the country's statistics bureau showed on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s inflation quickens to 5-month high in Nov
Indonesia's annual inflation rate accelerated to a five month high in November, but remained below the central bank's 2%-4% target range, data from the country's statistics bureau showed on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Laws Against ‘Love Jihad’ Are Yet Another Serious Attack on India’s Once Secular Democracy
Even Netflix wasn’t ready for this plot twist. The central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh last week registered a police case against two of the streaming company’s top India executives. Their supposed ... ( read original story ...)
China gave COVID-19 vaccine candidate to North Korea’s Kim, U.S. analyst says
China has provided North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his family with an experimental coronavirus vaccine, a U.S. analyst said on Tuesday, citing two unidentified Japanese intelligence sources. ( read original story ...)
China Disclosed Only Two-Thirds of Its COVID Cases in Pandemic’s Early Days, Report Says
China's "numbers seem to be a little bit on the light side," President Donald Trump said in April, "and I'm being nice when I say that." ... ( read original story ...)
China-US trade war: Beijing escalates tit-for-tat with Washington
China trade war in 300 words One last twist in Trump's There are concerns the new regulations, which came into effect on Tuesday, could escalate the ongoing trade war with the US. Trade tensions ... ( read original story ...)
China gets tough on firms over single-use plastics
China is forcing restaurants, e-commerce platforms and delivery services to report their use of single-use plastics. The Ministry of Commerce said it had established a nationwide system for retailers ... ( read original story ...)
Mirae Asset wins U.S. lawsuit against China’s Anbang on scrapped $5.8 billion hotel deal
South Korean investment bank Mirae Asset Daewoo Co Ltd said on Tuesday it won a U.S. court case against Anbang Insurance Group, after Mirae Asset affiliates scrapped a $5.8 billion deal to buy 15 U.S. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s MPF has much to do to close gap between reality and pensioners’ aspirations even as it tops HK$1 trillion in value
Hong Kong's Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) has a long way to go in meeting the retirement plans of its 4.5 million members, even after it surpassed HK$1 trillion (US$129 billion) in July as one of the ... ( read original story ...)
India and China compete over Indian Ocean debt-relief diplomacy
Experts in the Maldives say the country should consider the financial lifelines to stave off default as a measure of political benevolence. At a time of great difficulty in the Maldives ... ( read original story ...)