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Under the traditional age counting system, used most commonly in South Koreans' everyday life, people are deemed to be a year old at birth and a year is added every January 1
A report that the US may halt shipments of AI chips made by Nvidia and others to China sent shockwaves through Asia’s markets
Parliamentary committee recommends phasing out advertising for online gambling on all media within three years because of the social harm rampant betting is causing
Li Qiang told a World Economic Forum China will invigorate its markets and accelerate the green transition – but didn’t say how
China has formally accepted an agreement to cut state subsidies for the fisheries sector but two thirds of the WTO's 164 members must ratify the deal before it comes into force
The Reserve Bank of India said the country's current account deficit stood at $1.3 billion or 0.2% of GDP in January to March, the fourth quarter of 2022/23 fiscal year
Prosecutors say 65-year-old Choi Jinseog, once hailed as a star in Korea's chip industry, tapped Samsung’s supplier network to steal information on factory layouts, cleanroom management
The yuan has slid more than 4% against the dollar so far this year, while policymakers in Japan are also considering their options to fix the yen's rapid and one-sided plunge
Asked on Tuesday how much Senate support he had secured, Pita said: "Enough for me to become prime minister"
Bets on new stimulus from Beijing also lifted investor mood in China and Hong Kong while Japan’s Nikkei gave up some of its recent record-breaking gains
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With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors
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Oil & GasIndia Is Likely Exporting Refined Russian Oil to the WestIndia’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
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MarketsApple Asks Suppliers in Taiwan to Meet China Label StandardsUS tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
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MarketsIndian-Owned Tech Firms See Sharp Growth in UKDespite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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