Inhabitants and travellers within Laos were hit by a toxic currency devaluation and shortage of fuel recording, sending disruptions via daily life
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HONG KONG: Authorities in Macao instructed residents to conduct at least two days of COVID-19 tests after an individual who travelled from the Chinese language special administrative region to neighbouring town Zhuhai was found to have been infected with the virus. The move comes days after Macao started to unwindContinue Reading
Funds will be channeled towards expanding item offerings, R& GCarro, Shopback, Prism+ and Spenmo took part in this round Direct-to-consumer startup Evo has introduced the completion of the US$600, 000 seed financing round led simply by East Ventures, along with notable angel investors Aaron Tan from Carro, Joel Leong from ShopBack, Mohandass from…Continue Reading
SEOUL: Northern Korea will convene two key meetings, including one to review the country’s anti-epidemic policy, in arriving weeks, state press said on Monday (Aug 8), as it claims no new COVID-19 cases given that late July. The North Korean Supreme Individuals Assembly (SPA), the particular state’s parliament, will meetContinue Reading
The state’s inflation rate had been 4. 94 per cent in July, the best in seven years. The underlying factors range from the low supply of goods, high prices of imported materials and the Ukraine war.Continue Reading
BEIJING: When Chinese businesswoman Yang Jing was planning this year’s summer holiday in 2021, she chose the tropical southern island of Hainan because of its nigh-perfect COVID-19 track record. The island in the South China Sea recorded just two positive symptomatic COVID-19 cases in the whole of last year. Fast forwardContinue Reading
Has raised US$44.5mil in its pre-seed, seed, and pre-Series A rounds
Funding to support commercial launch of UNO Digital Bank in Philippines Singapore-headquartered financial technology company UNOAsia Pte Ltd, the primary incorporator of UNO Digital Bank in the Philippines, has secured US$11 million (RM48.9 million) in a pre-Series A round led by…Continue Reading
BANGKOK: Thai police have detained the owner of a nightclub in connection with a fire at the venue that killed 15 people, officers confirmed on Sunday (Aug 7). The blaze erupted around 1am on Friday at the Mountain B nightspot in Chonburi province’s Sattahip district, roughly 150km southeast of Bangkok.Continue Reading
Even with revenge tourism in full swing, people in Southeast Asia are growing a lot more aware of its environmental impact. JCU Singapore’s Abhishek Bhati lays out ways just for travellers to lighten their carbon footprint.Continue Reading
The Selangor chapter of Barisan Lokal wants to recapture Malaysia’s richest and most industrialised state, which it lost to the resistance in the 2008 common election.Continue Reading