Not much attention was paid to Syria in 2020 as many other issues like the COVID-19 pandemic, the US elections, crises in Libya, Eastern Mediterranean, and Nagorno-Karabakh kept the world preoccupied. ( read original story ...)
Sri Lanka- Union Assurance ranked #1 insurance company in LMD Most Awarded
Assurance ranked #1 among insurance companies in the Life and Non-life categories in LMD's Most Awarded. The inaugural edition ranks the nation's most respected corporations for their outstanding ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesian Company Breaches US Sanctions on North Korea
An Indonesia-based global cigarette paper supplier agreed to pay nearly US$2.6 million in fines for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and violating U.S. sanctions on North Korea, according to official ... ( read original story ...)
In A Familiar-Sounding Story, Samsung Heir Lee Jae-Yong Was Sent To Prison For Bribing The Former President Of South Korea
Lee was first convicted back in 2017. He was given a sentence of five years in prison for his participation in the bribery case. Lee served time, but an appeals court suspended his sentence. South ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam Airlines to raise up to $347M
Vietnam's State Capital Investment Corp (SCIC) plans to invest eight trillion dong ($347 million) in Vietnam Airlines JSC (HVN). The amount is equal to 25 per cent of HVN’s charter capital. ( read original story ...)
Business owner helps bring Vietnam memorial to county
Fletcher One time was enough to sear it into memory. Franklin resident Steve Fletcher had only visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. one time, in the early 1990s. A Vietnam veteran ... ( read original story ...)
Shell to increase Philippines investments
The local unit of Royal Dutch Shell is committing more investments in Philippines despite its refinery closure as it reshapes it portfolio by venturing into clean energy solutions on top of expanding ... ( read original story ...)
Philippine recovery from COVID-19 longest in SEA – Citigroup
Philippine economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is expected to be slower than its peers in Southeast Asia, according to US-based investment bank Citigroup. ( read original story ...)
Kuwait registers first cases of new virus variant
Kuwait has registered its first cases of a more contagious coronavirus variant in two Kuwaiti women who had been in Britain, the health ministry spokesman told state news agency KUNA on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Mohammad Faisal Al-Mutairi: Transportation is the main problem in the expansion of Mongolia-Kuwait trade
Mongolia and the State of Kuwait. On the occasion of the anniversary, MONTSAME agency interviewed Mr. Mohammad Faisal Al-Mutairi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kuwait to Mongolia, on ... ( read original story ...)