It's holiday season in Thailand, when international tourists who pay top prices join local residents for countdowns, fireworks and a blur of partying. Central World, a mall in downtown Bangkok famous ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand’s competition chief criticises $10.6bn CP-Tesco deal
Thailand’s competition chief has criticised Charoen Pokphand’s $10.6bn acquisition of Tesco’s Thai supermarkets, warning the deal would give the conglomerate “almost full control” of the wholesale and ... ( read original story ...)
Austrians Press EU To Talk Turkey, Raise Farm Standards
As Katharina and Reinhard Bauer show off cosseted turkey chicks they highlight standards that they -- and the Austrian government -- would like the rest of the EU to adopt as well. "On our farm the ... ( read original story ...)
#MeToo rocks Turkey’s literary world
Sexual assault and harassment allegations have shaken Turkey's literary world, creating a rare #MeToo moment as women break taboos and speak out in the still largely patriarchal country. It is not the ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey jails Kurdish former MP on terror charges
A court in Turkey has sentenced a prominent Kurdish opposition figure to 22 years in prison on terror charges. Leyla Güven, of the People's Democratic Party (HDP), was convicted of membership of a ... ( read original story ...)
Where I live, the hipsters have fled, leaving me to bag the very last turkey
I was out with the family near our home in east London when the news binning Christmas was announced. At dusk on Columbia Road in Shoreditch the shoppers, strollers, traders and buskers — even the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga aims to meet with Biden as soon as possible
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Tuesday he wanted to meet with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden as soon as possible to discuss the U.S.-Japan security alliance, the coronavirus pandemic ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s icy climate for hostile takeovers starts to thaw
When the Tokyo market was focused on a dramatic tussle for the hotel and property group Unizo in mid-2019, Stephen Schwarzman placed calls to some of Japan’s most powerful and well-connected business ... ( read original story ...)
Why does Japan insist on holding the Olympics?
Holding 2020 Olympics next July — as Japan appears determined to do — is crazy. Kudos to Michael Phelps for stating the obvious: “The fact that you’re going to put ten thousand plus athletes, plus all ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Suga Shies Away From Calling State of Emergency as Coronavirus Cases Rise
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga reiterated there was no need for Japan to enter a national state of emergency, even as health groups declared their own state of emergency for the medical system as ... ( read original story ...)