compared with 10%-20% for banks in other developed markets in Asia-Pacific that practice the Internal Ratings-Based Approach to credit risk. In 2011 a luxury tax was introduced. Second homes not ...

Im Chae-moo made a small fortune as a heartthrob actor in South Korea. He spent it all on a theme park for children.

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German container line Hapag-Lloyd as of next November first will begin applying a General Rate Increase, GRI, on shipments from Asia to the West Coast of South America, Mexico, Central America ...

A remote fishing town on the edge of Peru’s coastal desert is the site for a $1.3 billion megaport majority-owned by the ...

A children’s book written by British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has been withdrawn from sale after it was criticised for causing offence to Indigenous Australians. The Guardian newspaper ...

"The supply chain issue is the biggest challenge the industry is facing," Subhas Menon, the director general of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) said at the trade body's annual ...

Two years after catastrophic floods devastated Pakistan, millions of homes remain in ruins. While the government works to build climate-resistant homes, progress is slow due to funding delays and ...

MUMBAI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The Indian rupee weakened to its lowest level on record on Monday, as worries about Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. election kept Asian currencies under pressure ...

Sometimes, water comes inside and we are scared our homes will be washed away again,” she told CNA. Resham Bibi, 80, plasters the walls of her house with mud in hopes its structural integrity ...

The Chinese state enterprise-owned Chancay port can berth some of the largest container ships, and potentially Chinese warships.