All eyes are now on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as he prepares to meet with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in at the Inter-Korean Summit this Friday, and probably with US President Donald T ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-25
The school mass shooting incident in Parkland, Florida in February has not only re-ignited fierce public debate in the US over gun control, it also sparked a nationwide popular movement for tightening ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-25
A partner of a private equity firm with Chinese state backing was found guilty in a US court of insider trading related to the attempted acquisition of Lattice Semiconductor Corp., Reuters reports, ci ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-25
North Asian equity markets face a stark choice: follow the Fed or follow China. The Fed is expected to hike rates at least three times in 2018 while the economy experiences fiscal easing. In contrast, ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-24
ZTE Corp. could be going through an existential crisis at the moment after the US Commerce Department barred American companies from selling technologies and components to the Shenzhen-based telecommu ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-24
The European Union asked on Monday to join a dispute brought by China to the World Trade Organization (WTO) over US import tariffs on steel and aluminum, Reuters reports. The Trump administration had ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-24
Western allies stepped up pressure on US President Donald Trump to keep alive the international nuclear deal with Iran, saying it is extremely important to uphold the 2015 agreement. French President ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-24
The United States has imposed a seven-year export ban on China's ZTE Corp., which means American companies are prohibited from selling hardware and software to the Chinese telecom giant. The ban, whic ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-23
The North Korean nuclear crisis is a long way from being resolved, US President Donald Trump said on Sunday, striking a cautious note a day after the North's pledge to end its nuclear tests raised hop ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-23
The tech stocks that fuelled the last bull market have seen their share prices plummet as an onslaught of bad headlines took its toll. More regulation and taxation are almost certainly on the horizon ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-20
US President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, paid a secret visit to Pyongyang over the Easter weekend to hammer out details of a planned summit between Trump and North Kore ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-20
Cuba’s new leader Miguel Diaz-Canel began his term on Thursday with a vow to defend the Castro socialist revolutionary legacy while also outlining the need to modernize the island’s economy. "The mand ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-20
North Korea has expressed its commitment to “complete denuclearization” of the Korean peninsula and has not attached conditions, South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said. Moon said agreements about de ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-20
With Sino-US trade frictions escalating and the Trump administration seemingly bent on reining in China's technology companies, telecom equipment players ZTE and Huawei are facing mounting challenges. ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-19
US President Donald Trump said he hoped an unprecedented summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un would be successful after a recent visit to Pyongyang by CIA Director Mike Pompeo, but warned he wo ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-19
