Indonesia announced Thursday it has agreed with South Korea a travel corridor arrangement for essential business trips between the two countries from Monday. Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi …
Indonesia to establish travel corridor for ‘essential business trips’ with South Korea
Indonesia and South Korea have agreed to establish a travel corridor to facilitate “essential business and diplomatic trips” between the two countries amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Indonesian …
Hiring, investments likely to slow down; these 5 factors to decide time, pace of India’s economic recovery
According to a consumer survey by Deloitte, uncertainties around employment and financial anxieties have reduced the spending intent amongst Indian consumers on discretionary goods. Lower demand is …
How’s Business in Myanmar? Interview with Torsten Edens, SVP, Memories Group
Those are just two of the questions that Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com puts to Torsten Edens, Senior Vice President of the Memories Group, in this interview conducted over Skype on 12 August …
Turkey Offers More Expensive Funding Without Outright Rate Hikes
Turkey’s central bank offered the nation’s lenders funding through a potentially more expensive channel in the latest effort to reverse declines in the lira without raising its key interest …
US urges its citizens not to travel to Pakistan
“Travellers to Pakistan may experience border closures, airport closures, travel prohibitions, stay at home orders, business closures, and other emergency conditions within Pakistan due to COVID-19,” …
Pandemic dents business confidence
Business optimism in Pakistan declined further in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the first quarter in the aftermath of Covid-19 outbreak. In the second quarter of 2020, the Business Optimism …
Pakistan consulate organises seminar
Pakistani Consulate in Jeddah yesterday organised an online Pakistan Investment Seminar under the chairmanship of Consul General Khalid Majeed to highlight investment opportunities in Pakistan. The …
US urges its citizens not to travel to Pakistan citing pandemic and terror threat
US’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 3 Travel Health Notice for Pakistan due to COVID-19 …
Lebanon’s Deepening Economic Crisis Laid Bare by Beirut Blast
Even before last week’s explosion, vested interests and sectarian politics had already brought the country to its knees.