SINGAPORE – Recent protests in Thailand will be a “double whammy” for development in the country, which has already been hit by the Kovid-11 epidemic, analysts say. Moreover, Chullongkorn University professor Thitinan Pongs Nasudhirk told CNBC on Friday that protesters would not leave until they saw “new” Thailand. On Thursday, …
Read More »K-pop event Shares of BTS label will enter the South Korean market
SINGAPORE: Shares of K-pop superstar BTS’s music label Big Hit Entertainment soared in South Korea on Thursday. Shares of Big Hit Entertainment opened at 270,000 Korean gin (approximately 6,236) per share on Thursday, according to the refinitive icon. The issue price per share of the stock was double that of …
Read More »Indonesia has 270 million people and one of the lowest Covid-19 test rates in the world
Seven months after its first coronavirus case was reported, the world’s fourth most populous country still has a large number of blind flights. An archipelago of 270 million people, Indonesia has tested a smaller portion of its population than any other major economy. According to Our World in Data, a …
Read More »Armenia and Azerbaijan clash over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region
On the call of the CCAF (Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France), several hundred people from the Armenian community of France gathered near the Azerbaijani Embassy in Paris, France on September 29, 2020 to protest the war. Recent days in Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan with the support of …
Read More »Chinese electric car start-up expeng shows the new flying vehicle
Electric vehicle start-up Xpeng unveiled its first pay-generation prototype for a flying vehicle at the Beijing Auto Show on September 26, 2020. Evelyn Cheng BEIJING – Alibaba-backed Expang is putting money into flying car techno into G as part of its long-term strategy. Electric auto Tomcat unveiled at the Beijing …
Read More »