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Social housing: More than just homes, but a key to Vietnam’s socio-economic development

Social housing is crucial to the country’s social and economic infrastructure, making collaboration between the State, market mechanisms, and relevant stakeholders essential.

  • Published: June 4, 202510:13 am
  • Author Vo Tri Thanh
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K-beauty wears US crown — Can it survive tariff test?

K-beauty’s success formula, rooted in the global K-content wave and lab-based innovation, has worked its magic worldwide, but it’s the affordability and e-commerce factors…

  • Published: June 3, 202510:26 am
  • Author No Kyung-min
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Japan mulls relaxing regulation on new issuance of sake brewery licenses

The number of sake breweries has dropped to about 1,500, less than half the peak level.

  • Published: June 2, 20259:38 am
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Navigating automation in Cambodia: Will robots take jobs or create them?

Cambodia’s manufacturing sector, which employs a significant portion of the workforce, has seen slow but steady shifts towards automation.

  • Published: May 29, 20259:49 am
  • Author Hong Raksmey
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Billionaires and tycoons who choose Singapore to set up their foundations for charity work

Some of the richest people in the world have set up foundations in Singapore to give to charitable causes in the past three years. This comes as the Republic positions itself as a…

  • Published: May 26, 20251:29 pm
  • Author Theresa Tan
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China’s Gen Z turns to social media for car buying advice

The report finds that platforms like Douyin and Xiaohongshu now dominate the Gen Z purchase journey, replacing word-of-mouth recommendations and official brand channels with…

  • Published: May 21, 20259:48 am
  • Author Li Fusheng
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When is foreign too foreign? Korea’s takeover tensions

An updated regulation, set to take effect on July 22, does not apply "foreign investment" provisions to Korean-registered private equity firms, even if they are effectively…

  • Published: May 16, 202510:02 am
  • Author Im Eun-byel
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Wealthy Koreans shift focus from real estate to gold, bonds and crypto

'Young rich' under 50 show strong appetite for virtual assets, overseas stocks.

  • Published: April 17, 202512:57 pm
  • Author Im Eun-byel
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Japanese company’s US$300 million forestry fund to focus on Southeast Asia as climate, conservation focus grows

The fund is a reflection of increasing investor interest in forestry not only for stable returns from timber revenues but also for the climate, and increasingly biodiversity,…

  • Published: March 27, 20252:04 pm
  • Author David Fogarty
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Chinese patent filings enjoy surge in Europe

Including applications from Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong and Macao, China ranked third worldwide after the United States' 47,787 applications and Germany's 25,033.

  • Published: March 26, 20252:07 pm
  • Author Xing Yi

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