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Japan delays abolishment of company size threshold for mandatory enrollment in employee pension program

LDP members are concerned about the financial burden the additional premiums would place on small and midsize businesses prompted the abolishment to be deferred and the entire…

  • Published: February 4, 20252:12 pm
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Samsung chief cleared of all charges in 2015 merger case

The decision, arriving about a year after the initial verdict, found Lee not guilty, lifted a weight off the Samsung chief, allowing him to focus on steering the tech giant to…

  • Published: February 4, 20252:10 pm
  • Author Ahn Sung-mi
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South Korea’s fitness craze meets reality as gyms shut down in record numbers

In 2024 alone, 553 fitness centers closed -- a 26.8 percent increase from the previous year and the highest number recorded since data collection began in 1990.

  • Published: February 4, 202510:35 am
  • Author Moon Joon-hyun
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Japan to make it easier for firms to hold online-only shareholder meetings

Such shareholder meetings were first allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the circumstances, and the government will now revise the Companies Law to encourage the holding…

  • Published: February 4, 20258:35 am
  • Author The Japan News
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Indonesian government tightens rules on palm oil firms’ mandatory land allocation for smallholders

New rules require firms to give 20 percent of their land to smallholders before the government extends their permits.

  • Published: February 3, 20252:10 pm
  • Author Aditya Hadi
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US Commerce nominee’s skeptical remarks put South Korean chipmakers on edge

For Korean chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, which are investing tens of billions of dollars to build advanced chip manufacturing facilities in the US, the possibility…

  • Published: January 31, 20252:15 pm
  • Author Jo He-rim
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Jewel Changi Airport reports record footfall of over 80 million in 2024

Announcing this on Jan 27, the operator of the retail and entertainment complex at Changi Airport said it saw a 10 per cent year-on-year increase in footfall from about 74 million…

  • Published: January 28, 20251:57 pm
  • Author Esther Loi
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As Apple Pay expands in Korea, concerns raised over local card issuer fees

According to industry sources, Apple is in the process of finalizing partnerships with Shinhan Card and KB Kookmin Card, potentially ending the exclusivity Apple Pay has had with…

  • Published: January 28, 20251:39 pm
  • Author Jie Ye-eun
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Japan’s Nissan Motor to cut nearly 2,000 jobs in US plants; to reduce US production by about 25%

Management integration negotiations between Nissan and Honda Motor Co. are being held on the precondition that Nissan implements business restructuring, so Nissan aims to make…

  • Published: January 27, 20251:50 pm
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Amid global price increases, Cambodia’s rubber exports drop as domestic demand rises

Khun Kakada, acting director-general of the rubber department, explained that although the volume of latex exported decreased slightly, the Kingdom’s actual rubber yield…

  • Published: January 24, 20251:45 pm
  • Author Hin Pisei

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