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9 female K-celebrities who own buildings – the ultimate power move in South Korea
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Texas Bill: Many Immigrants, H-1B Visa Holders Can’t Buy Property
If the bill were to become law, an H-1B visa holder from France could buy a house in Texas, but one from China or Russia could not.
What My 3-Week Trip to Vietnam Reveals About the Realities of a Carbon Footprint
Calculating the carbon footprint of a trip in Vietnam was a stark reminder of how flights and luxury hotels are wrecking balls environmentally. One of the many aspects travel gets flogged over is its …
Sandiganbayan junks Marcos family’s bid to get seized properties
The Sandiganbayan has junked the plea by former first lady Imelda Marcos and her daughter Irene to recover the properties sequestered from them in their dismissed P200- …
Mathura cloth showroom gutted in fire, property worth lakhs lost
A massive fire broke out in a cloth showroom in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh on the intervening night of January 31 and February 1. The incident occurred in Dhauli Piao area of Kotwali city …
Businessman accused of buying S$6 million worth of property through Singaporeans still at large in China
SINGAPORE: A foreign businessman who faces pending charges over the S$6.25 million purchase of three restricted landed homes in East Coast is still at large after absconding in 2017 and is believed to …
Hong Kong’s negative equity mortgage cases surge to near 18-year high
Cases of negative equity in Hong Kong’s residential mortgage loans jumped nearly 22-fold in the fourth quarter from the previous one, the city’s de facto central bank said, as home prices continued to …
China’s Ferry Tale Taiwan Invasion Plan Is A Legal Nightmare
China’s use of civilian ferries in military exercises blurs the legal distinction between civilian and military objects that makes it difficult to predict when, and if, China will invade Taiwan. It …
Three Russians under sanctions own UK property via overseas entities
Alexander Frolov, Igor Shuvalov and Vladimir Potanin own properties via BVI, Cyprus and Russia …