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Facebook enhances Asia-Pacific marketing

Mar 18, 2014

Facebook’s goal this year in the Asia-Pacific region is to continue to focus on marketing growth in four key segments: brand, direct response, local businesses, and developers. Dan Neary, vice presi...
Vote-buying still plagues Indonesia’s election process

Mar 18, 2014

When lawyer Taufik Basari visited constituents in his Jakarta district to distribute leaflets telling them why he deserved their vote, many asked him why the envelope was missing. “Some residents op...
Schools spread the word in fight against terrorism

Mar 18, 2014

Two days after the March 1 terrorist attack in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, Liu Ersi wrote an email to the principal of the School of Architecture, Design and Construction at the University o...
Scourge of bombastic Chinese bloggers

Mar 18, 2014

Words of intimidation that start as figures of speech can cast a pall over an environment that already has a built-in susceptibility to extreme language A few days ago, Wang Mudi, a television host ...
Vietnam’s youth hungry for things new and foreign

Mar 11, 2014

A bowl of steaming pho on the sidewalk just a block away costs less than half the price of an English breakfast, 80,000 dong ($3.79), at The Kafe. The menu at The Kafe, prepared by an Australian che...
Xiaomi ‘not seeking public listing’

Mar 11, 2014

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp will not look for a public listing within five years, although it has registered a sharp sales increase since it was established some four years ago, a senior man...
Beijing steps up frugality drive to clean up image

Mar 11, 2014

Ningxia province’s delegate to China’s national Parliament Wu Renmin is paying money for laundry for the first time this year while other delegates have lugged their own toothbrush and toiletries to ...
Spotlight on Thailand’s trade in forged passports

Mar 11, 2014

The mysterious disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines plane and reports that two passengers used passports that tourists had lost while in Thailand ― an Italian and an Austrian ― has put a spotlight on...
China sets new rules to make low-cost airlines more competitive

Mar 4, 2014

Guidelines to enhance the development of low-cost airlines have been unveiled, in a move expected to provide a boost to the nation’s aviation sector. The guidelines will adjust the cap on budget air...
Singapore visa helps abused foreign brides

Mar 4, 2014

A visa introduced two years ago to allow foreign spouses to stay longer and even work in Singapore has quietly become a lifeline for foreign brides abused by their husbands. The Straits Times has le...
Japan’s senior citizens play key role in overseas travel

Mar 4, 2014

In the past half century since Japanese were first permitted to travel abroad for sightseeing, the destinations have diversified, with senior citizens playing a major role in the travel boom. Next m...
Second Korean Wave sweeps China

Mar 4, 2014

The Korean Wave is again sweeping across China, with many Chinese women worshipping South Korean actors Kim Soo-hyun and Lee Min-ho as demigods. Chinese netizens have always been divided over South K...
Asia’s bitter pill to swallow in hospital services

Feb 18, 2014

A shopper browses through a pharmacy in Beijing. (Bloomberg) Plagued by cost overruns and a $4.2 billion deficit, Taiwan’s National Health Insurance set out in 2012 to find out what lay behind the p...
Warming offers Arctic business opportunities

Feb 18, 2014

Global warming in the Arctic is creating business opportunities for Japanese companies, including the exploitation of oil and gas resources. The thawing of Arctic ice will not only facilitate access...
Spring Festival custom ‘twisted’

Feb 18, 2014

A boy shows the red envelopes he received during Spring Festival this year in Shaoyang, Hunan province. (China Daily) The tradition and true meaning behind the giving of red envelopes to children du...