The man who calls the shots at Samsung was just sent to prison for the second time in less than five years. Even if the South Korean tech giant can keep its day-to-day business humming in his absence, ... ( read original story ...)
Myanmar Signs Power Purchase Deal with Thai Company
YANGON — A state-owned enterprise in Myanmar has signed a power-purchase agreement with a Thai-based engineering and construction company which plans to develop a US$685 million (911 billion kyats) ... ( read original story ...)
Timeline: Tracing Military’s Interference in Myanmar Election
Even before Myanmar’s voters went to the polls in November’s general election, the country’s powerful military began flexing its political muscles, ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand to charge opposition leader over ‘royal vaccine’ remarks
Thailand will charge the country’s leading opposition figure under its harsh lèse majesté law after he accused a company owned by King Maha Vajiralongkorn of seeking to profit from distributing the ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand Files Royal Defamation Charge Against Vaccine Critic
The Thai government has filed a royal defamation complaint against one of its most high-profile critics after he questioned the involvement of a company with links to the monarchy in the nation’s ... ( read original story ...)
Iran hails departure of “tyrant” Trump, says ball “in America’s court” in nuclear standoff
"The ball is in America's court," Iran's president insists, as Biden's pick for Secretary of State says Tehran will need to take1st step back to the nuclear deal. ( read original story ...)
On Biden’s Inauguration Day, Iran says ‘ball in U.S. court’ over nuclear dispute
Iran says 'ball in U.S. court' over nuclear dispute Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged the incoming U.S. administration on Wednesday to return to a 2015 nuclear agreement and lift sanctions on ... ( read original story ...)
Iran’s Rouhani hopes Biden will return to Obama-era nuclear deal as he dubs Trump a ‘tyrant’
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has called on United States President-elect, Joe Biden, to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and lift sanctions imposed on Tehran by Donald Trump's administration. ( read original story ...)
Greece optimistic over talks with Turkey but won’t discuss sovereignty
Greece will approach talks with Turkey next week over their disputed territorial claims in a hopeful spirit but will not discuss issues it considers as sovereign rights, Prime Minister Kyriakos ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Inc faces potential forced sell-off of cross-shareholdings
Corporate Japan is facing a historic reshuffle of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and aggressive new guidelines from proxy advisers designed to compel a selldown of the country’s widely criticised ... ( read original story ...)