Google, Microsoft registered in Japan as foreign tech firms
The Justice Ministry had requested the registrations in a move to promote measures dealing with online defamation.
Policy Matters
Ageing South Korea turns to immigration
Struggling to cope with falling birth rates and an aging population, South Korea is adopting more immigration-friendly policies like citizenship for the highly skilled.
Seoul to turn Yongsan‘s idle land into tech complex, transportation hub
The Seoul city government currently aims to start constructing infrastructure in 2024 and begin the development of the main sector in 2025.
‘Minimum wage is no joke’: Malaysia PM
The RM1,500 minimum wage policy was implemented in Malaysia on May 1.
Debate reopens on South Korea’s 10 year-old supermarket shutdown rules
Under the mandatory shutdown rules, designated to protect mom-and-pop stores nearby from losing sales, supermarkets have closed twice a month for the last 10 years.
Mothers of cerebral palsy children fight for medical marijuana
The legality of medical marijuana remains in limbo but proponents continue to wage their campaign.
Pakistan set to lift import ban on luxury items
The government is set to begin removing restrictions on the import of “non-essential and luxury items” and provide energy at subsidised rates.
Impose VAT on digital service providers: Bongbong Marcos
He said that imposing VAT on digital service providers was projected to generate P11.7 billion in income for the government.
Management of GLC-owned shopping malls to be reviewed: Malaysia PM
He said this was aimed at raising Bumiputera's socio-economic status and the involvement of Bumiputera entrepreneurs at shopping malls.
Bongbong Marcos’ first national address: It’s all about economy
He will devote his first State of the Nation Address to key issues he believes Filipinos care deeply about, especially the economic recovery program, the government’s pandemic…