China’s powerful stock rally has a remarkably important driver of momentum behind it: the nation’s 1.4 billion consumers. After a lackluster start, households are finally getting on board the post-Covid-19 reopening trade – and doing so en masse. In March alone, retail sales jumped 10.6% year on year. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, […]Continue Reading
It comes after a video appeared to show staff giving ice cream to foreigners and refusing local visitors.Continue Reading
It is time Thailand and India expand their economic cooperation and bilateral relations, especially as the South Asian giant is at the forefront of the global economy, said Nagesh Singh, India’s ambassador to Thailand.Continue Reading
A new documentary produced by a consortium of public broadcasters in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway has revealed what appears to be a profound threat to maritime and undersea energy and data infrastructure in the North Sea and the Baltic region. “The Shadow War” includes footage of a Russian research vessel called Admiral Vladimirsky allegedly […]Continue Reading
WASHINGTON: A US congressional war game simulating a Chinese invasion of Taiwan showed the need to arm the island “to the teeth”, the chair of a committee on China said on Thursday (Apr 20), after the exercise indicated the US must boost production of long-range missiles and businesses must braceContinue Reading
Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports, a key indicator of the health of its trade-reliant economy, fell for the sixth straight month in March.Continue Reading
Thailand sent over 100,000 workers abroad last year, which brought in almost 300 billion baht in remittances, according to the Department of Employment.Continue Reading
Some roles, particularly in Thailand’s recovering tourism and service sectors, are now mostly being filled by migrant workers due to a chronic manpower shortage, a top official from the Employers’ Confederation of Thailand (ECOT) has said.Continue Reading
TOKYO: Visitors to Japan surged in March to their highest after the COVID-19 pandemic, official data showed on Wednesday (Apr 19), with overseas tourists flocking to see the nation’s famous cherry blossoms for the first time in four years as travel curbs eased. The number of foreign visitors for businessContinue Reading
The facility will span 300,000 sq ft, which is the size of about five football fields, and house around 3,000 talents engaging in technology, innovation and digital roles.Continue Reading