Cops arrest four over dodgy cosmetics
2022-09-06
4 suspects were apprehended for allegedly operating a call centre scam selling illegal health products using a total value of 600 million baht.Continue Reading
Support for Finland workers
2022-09-06
Labour Minister Suchart Chomklin has spoken together with his counterpart in Finland to ensure the fair remedying of Thai berry pickers in the northern Western european nation.Continue Reading
Bengaluru floods: India’s waterlogged IT city sparks memes and anger
2022-09-06
Several areas of Bengaluru are inundated, forcing businesses and schools to shut.Continue Reading
Assistance promised for this month’s high power bills
2022-09-06
The cabinet will next week decide on proposed measures to assist householders as the cost of electricity rises to a record-high, and assistance will be provided to meet September’s bills, according Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow.Continue Reading
Indian Gautam Adani’s rise to world’s third-richest came as stock jumps topped 1,000%
2022-09-06
His Adani Green and Adani Total Gas trade at more than 750 times profit, far higher than Elon Musk’s Tesla or Jeff Bezos’s Amazon.Continue Reading
Amazon grapples with more labour strife, this time in Japan
2022-09-06
Amazon.com Inc, which is struggling to quell workplace movements from the US to Europe, faces a growing union effort in Asia’s second largest economy. Read full storyContinue Reading
M Venture Partners raises additional capital to spur investments
2022-09-06
New funds brings MVPâs total amount for Fund 1 to US$55 million
Firm has completed 30 investments across SEA, India since 2019 M Venture Partners (MVP), an early-stage venture capital (VC) fund based in Singapore has closed a follow-on vehicle to continue to back emerging winners in their portfolio.
In a statement, the…Continue Reading
DMZ comedy ‘6/45’ a cause to cry for Korea
2022-09-06
SEOUL – Kim Tae-geun walked into the cinema this weekend expecting comedy. He left deeply moved. “The movie theater was full of young boys and girls laughing a lot,” said the South Korean special forces veteran. “They were silent and some of them were crying at the end of the movie.” The film he watched, […]
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China gaming crackdown: ByteDance cuts ‘hundreds of jobs’ from its video game operations in Shanghai and Hangzhou, sources say
2022-09-06
The Beijing-based company has laid off or transferred most of its staff at Wushuang Studio, based on sources. Before the government crackdown, ByteDance had been relying on gaming as one area where it could diversify its revenue streams. Read full story Continue Reading
China slams US over alleged Trojan horse attack on university servers
2022-09-06
Trojan computer virus attacks have stolen some 140 gb of high-value data from networks throughout China in recent years. Shared university and Qihoo 360 task pressure concludes the source to be cyber spying equip of US National Security Agency. Read full tale Continue Reading