Tag: East Asia
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China warns of risk of ‘extreme floods’ in desert regions
HONG KONG: China warned communities in its northwestern Xinjiang and nearby regions on Friday (Jun 12) to prepare for “extreme floods” this summer, driven by abnormally high temperatures, heavy rainfall and rapid glacier melt.Xinjiang’s Taklamakan Desert, China’s largest, experienced its first flood of the ye
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South Korea’s ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol gets 30 years over North Korea drone incident
Yoon was given life in jail in February for leading an insurrection to “paralyse” South Korea’s National Assembly with his martial law declaration.
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More than selling shoes: What Chinese sportswear giant Li-Ning is buying with Stephen Curry deal
Li-Ning’s reported US$400 million deal isn’t just about selling sports shoes, analysts say – it’s about leveraging one of basketball’s biggest and most influential athletes to raise its global profile.
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Hong Kong customs swoop ahead of the World Cup, seizing US$20 million in fake goods
Some counterfeit jerseys were so finely made that they were hard to distinguish from authentic team shirts.
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Why Alibaba, Baidu and BYD are on Pentagon’s list of ‘Chinese military companies’
The newly updated index offers a glimpse into how Washington views the relationship between China’s commercial sector and military development as geopolitical competition intensifies, say analysts.
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South Korea hits Coupang with record fine over e-commerce data leak
SEOUL: South Korea hit e-commerce giant Coupang with a record US$408 million fine on Thursday (Jun 11) over a leak that allegedly exposed more than 30 million customers’ data and has provoked the ire of US lawmakers.Coupang, the country’s largest online retail platform, signalled in a statement that it would
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South Korea fines e-commerce giant Coupang record US$400 million over data leak
SEOUL: South Korea imposed on Thursday (Jun 11) a record US$408 million fine on e-commerce giant Coupang over a leak that exposed the data of more than 30 million customers, provoking ire from US lawmakers.The move caps a months-long probe into the country’s largest online retail platform, which is incorporat
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University students across South Korea to protest in ballot shortage row
The head of the election watchdog has resigned over the ballot paper row, but authorities have not offered to hold a new vote, sparking protests.
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Hong Kong files charges over deadly Wang Fuk Court fire
Almost all life-saving fire safety measures had failed on the day of the blaze because of human errors, public hearings were told.
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The latest entrant to China’s companionship economy: AI Toys
Artificial intelligence companion toys today analyse preferences, intentions and emotions to be more attuned to each user over time.
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