Hong Kong marine police arrested 25 asylum seekers of South Asian origin aboard a motorized boat in the waters off Chek Lap Kok airport on Wednesday morning. But the fact that the illegal migrants cro ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-26
South Korea’s STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. is likely to be placed under court receivership after years of financial assistance failed to keep it afloat, the Wall Street Journal reports. The mid ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-26
... ur flight south of Manila, gained US$8.5 million in investment in 1988 when Duterte began the first of seven terms as mayor. Last year, the city attracted US$845 million. “The government provides the ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-25
... tion from South Korea and Taiwan, creative industries remain an important sector of our economy. According to government data, the cultural and creative industries employed 210,000 people in 2013 and ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-25
... ysia, and South Korea – took advantage of the boom years to run budget surpluses, pay down debt, and build up reserves. As a result, they had enough fiscal space to relax such policies when the 2008-2 ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-25
... ralia and South Africa have already given their blessing. The Belgium-based maker of Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois wants to strengthen its presence in Latin America and Africa to offset weaker m ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-25
... l of nine South Asian men who attacked three fellow South Asians in the MTR Jordan station in September last year. The victims suffered serious injuries. The hearing is set to begin on July 11. Polic ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-24
South Africa's navy has detained three Chinese ships with about 100 crew on board on suspicion of illegal squid fishing, officials said Monday. The ships were spotted Friday having entered South Afric ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-24
... growth in Southeast Asia after it launched PicoWay, the picosecond laser device that can be used to treat pigmentation and melasma or facial discoloration. He said people in the region no longer have ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-24
... Thailand, South Korea and China. -- Contact us at [email protected] RA ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-24
... sition by South Korean President Park Geun-hye. So, who is also North Korea's ambassador to the UN-backed Conference on Disarmament, said his country is prepared to return to stalled six-party talks o ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-24
... om sailed south and settled in Hong Kong. Today, Hong Kong regards the carp as an auspicious symbol. It is thought to have kept the narrow channel free from disasters. In the Qing dynasty (1644 to 191 ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
... se in the South Asian nation. The move to prune the India branches comes as part of the London-based bank's efforts to cut costs and improve earnings. Since 2011, the bank has exited at least 80 busin ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
... over the South China Sea on Tuesday. Hong urged Washington to stop such “close-in reconnaissance activities”, saying they pose a security threat to China. US defense officials earlier said the Pentag ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-20
... 2,000 and South Korea's US$27,000. Meanwhile, Ma did make some progress in improving the job market. The unemployment rate dropped to 3.9 percent from a high of 6 percent in 2010. But it remains worse ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-19
Two Chinese fighter jets carried out an "unsafe" intercept of a US military aircraft on Tuesday over the South China Sea, according to the Pentagon. The incident happened in international airspace as ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-19
Passengers on the MTR’s South Island Line (East) (SIL(E)) can expect to pay between HK$5.20 (67 US cents) and HK$8 for a journey within Hong Kong Island when the line starts operating by the end of th ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-18
Google is taking on the South Korean government over restrictions to its mapping services in the country, which it says make some maps less reliable than those in North Korea. Google says South Korea’ ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-18
... Japan and South Korea should be allowed to develop nuclear weapons to counter Pyongyang. "I would speak to him. I would have no problem speaking to him," Trump said of Kim. North Korea’s mission to th ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-18
... ties with Southeast Asia, Japan and the US -- the looking-south policy -- and reducing dependence on China. This was the policy pursued by the last DPP administration from 2000 to 2008 but with limite ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-16
