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.

The government says the city’s smallest apartments need more regulation. For some of Hong Kong’s poorest, that could mean ...

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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 ...

LAUNCESTON, Australia, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Europe's imports of liquefied natural gas rose in October for the first month in 10 while those in Asia dropped for the first time since June, but not by ...

A children’s book written by British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has been withdrawn from sale after it was criticised for causing offence to Indigenous Australians.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

BERLIN : Global shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has ordered 24 new container ships from two Chinese shipyards with a combined investment volume of about $4 billion, it said on Wednesday.

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 ...