Ministers condemn Optus, owned by SingTel, for breach that affected 10 million accounts, urges company to speed up notification to customers whose personal data was released

South Korea's exports grew at the slowest pace in nearly two years in September. Weaker global demand has put pressure on the trade-dependent economy.

South Korean President met with economic officials on Friday, when the won traded 0.6% higher, amid talk of modest intervention in the forex market. The won hit a 13-year low recently.

A healthy pipeline of deals could make Southeast Asia a rare bright spot for global funds as they grapple with rising finance costs and slumping markets.

Mergers and acquisitions involving firms in China have sunk by a third this year, in line with a global decline, but private equity groups are now eyeing possible deals in India and SE Asia

It was all about currencies again on Thursday as the soaring US dollar continues to hammer the yen, yuan and pound

Five state-owned banks took part in a CBDC trial focused on cross-border transactions, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said.

Meta said it disrupted a China-based influence operation using Facebook and Instagram accounts with political content aimed at users in the US ahead of the midterm elections

China installed a massive 53 gigawatts of renewable energy in the first half of 2022, but it also approved $26-33 billion of investment in the coal power and steel sectors, a new report said

Democrat leaders are among a bipartisan group who urged Biden to issue an order to "safeguard our national security and supply chain resiliency on outbound investments to foreign adversaries."

Adani said 70% of the $100 billion-plus his group will invest over the next decade will go to "energy transition", adding that they are already the world’s largest solar player

Chinese officials told fund managers and brokers recently to stabilise the market ahead of the Communist Party's five-yearly congress, which will be held in mid-October