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Indonesia Singapore Vietnam Filippine
Reimagining Asean in 2025: competitive and inclusive
While there is broad public awareness that the Asean Economic Community (AEC) is making progress, especially with respect to lowering trade tariffs, the benefits of this progress are not always recognised on a day-to-day basis by the people of Southeast Asia.
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Thailandia
SET opens up 3.56 to 1,580.14
Thai stocks opened up 0.23% at the start of trade this morning.
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Giappone
Dollar moves in narrow range around ¥111.10 in Tokyo
The dollar moved in a narrow range around ¥111.10 in Tokyo trading Monday amid a lack of fresh trading incentives. At 5 p.m., the dollar ...
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Giappone
Japan Post Bank’s unsecured-loan business plan gets government approval
The government on Monday approved Japan Post Bank’s application for a license to launch an unsecured loan operation targeting individual customers. Details concerning the bank’s ...
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Vietnam
Luxury online retailer Reebonz to raise up to $150 million for East Asia expansion
Reebonz Pte, Southeast Asia’s largest online luxury retailer, is planning to raise as much as $150 million (¥16.7 billion) to bolster its marketplace business and ...
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Giappone
Japan logs surprise trade deficit in May as energy costs spike
Japan unexpectedly slumps back into a trade deficit for the first time in four months.
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Israele
Business in brief: TASE to launch index of North American real estate bonds
Gregory Gurtovoy faces indictment in connection with Willi-Food parent company | Fitness chain Holmes Places eyes September IPO | Tel Aviv shares rise moderately despite setbacks for drugs, energy
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Turchia USA Grecia Nigeria
How European migration policies are keeping families apart - OXFAM
Source: Oxfam Country: Afghanistan, Greece, Nigeria, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, WorldThis report identifies the impact of European migration policies on family unity and calls on the governments of EU member states to protect the right to family life of refugees. SUMMARY In 2015, nearly a million people crossed the Aegean fleeing persecution or ...
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Colombia USA
More than 65 million people forcibly displaced worldwide - UNHCR
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: WorldThe figure comprises three important components: refugee numbers, displacement of people inside their own countries, and asylum seekers. War, violence and persecution worldwide are causing more people than ever to be forcibly displaced, according to a report published today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. UNHCR’s ...
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Cina USA Giappone
Donors must step up support for South Sudanese refugees in Uganda
Source: Amnesty International Country: South Sudan, UgandaAccording to Amnesty, more than 900,000 South Sudanese refugees have sought safety in Uganda, but funding shortfalls mean that many of them are not receiving basic services. Donors failing almost a million South Sudanese refugees in Uganda Rich countries are failing in their obligation to help Uganda ...