Ma was sentenced for manipulating the stock market, violating or failing to disclose important information and offering bribes, state news agency Xinhua reported

The three countries' progress on vaccination, plus falling or low case numbers and relatively large tourism sectors were factors in them topping this rating, Oxford Economics said

Tokyo is also looking to beef up its storage battery sector as part of its multi-trillion-yen recovery plan

Malaysian factories making everything from PPE to palm oil have come under scrutiny over allegations they abuse foreign workers

State agency says sector has been growing since 2016 and improves economic entrepreneurs who venture into the businesses

Crippled by Covid-19, Southeast Asian country's industrial sector tries to lure back former employees who returned to home provinces

The Chinese president has already urged leaders of the 21-member APEC group not to return to tensions of the Cold War era

The 7.5 million residents in the northeastern port face curbs on public transport and citizens were warned against leaving for unnecessary reasons

Bank Negara Malaysia reaffirms the government’s growth forecast for this year at 3-4% and for 2022 at 5.5-6.5%.

Third jabs look set to become a central part of the country’s virus management in 2022 but employers are yet to make a call on whether they should be mandatory

CEO Christophe Weber has streamlined operations by selling off consumer pharmaceutical and diabetic treatment businesses

Changes mean travellers who have received China's Sinovac and Sinopharm will be considered as 'fully vaccinated' in Britain