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Semiconductors

Japan chip material makers ramp up output in South Korea and Taiwan

Tokyo Ohka, Daikin and Shin-Etsu Chemical diversify their supply chains

| Japan

Media & Entertainment

Nintendo learns Wii U lessons to reap Switch profits

| Japan

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Singapore wireless charging startup Xnergy gets $10m war chest

| China

International relations

Chinese rocket debris set for re-entry by early Sunday: US R&D center

| China

Caixin

Analysis: Why Alibaba ditched new property venture

| China

Opinion

Kevin Sheives and Ryan Arick

Authoritarian states are using COVID vaccines to subvert democracy

| China
Kevin Sheives and Ryan Arick

Coronavirus

Japan's offices, schools and nurseries become COVID hotbeds

| Japan

Energy

Asian Development Bank to end coal, oil and gas financing

| Singapore

Food & Beverage

Japanese sake Kubota takes on sparkling wine

| Japan

COVID vaccines

WHO approves Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use

| China

The Big Story

US-China tech war: Beijing's secret chipmaking champions

How Washington's sanctions boosted China's semiconductor sector

| China

Comment

To plan for Taiwan crisis, Japan must revisit 1976 Soviet shock

| Japan

China tech

Chinese unicorn's robot waiters ready to serve the world

| China

Politics

Singapore searches for next prime minister: 3 names to know

| Singapore

Latest Headlines

Asian Development Bank to end coal, oil and gas financing

| Singapore

Japan chip material makers ramp up output in South Korea and Taiwan

| Japan

Japanese sake Kubota takes on sparkling wine

| Japan

Chinese rocket debris set for re-entry by early Sunday: US R&D center

| China

Coronavirus: Week of May 2 to May 8, India reports 4,187 more deaths

| East Asia

Big Tech is the regenerative starfish of our times

What does not kill today's tech giants will inevitably make them stronger

| China
Angela Huyue Zhang
Bilahari Kausikan

What to expect after ASEAN's Myanmar summit

| Myanmar
Bilahari Kausikan
Rupa Subramanya

Narendra Modi's COVID catastrophe brings India to its knees

| India
Rupa Subramanya
William Pesek

Duterte's China groveling tells wider story of his economic failures

| Philippines
William Pesek

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Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Week of May 2 to May 8, India reports 4,187 more deaths

| East Asia

Japan faces specter of fanless Olympics as COVID threat rises

| Japan

Japan's offices, schools and nurseries become COVID hotbeds

| Japan

Harris calls India 'critically important' to US, vowing more aid

| India

Myanmar Coup

Myanmar coup latest: Junta claims to approve biggest investment since takeover

| Myanmar

What to expect after ASEAN's Myanmar summit

| Myanmar

Myanmar coup forces 13% of companies to halt business: poll

| Myanmar

Suu Kyi's Myanmar legal team struggles to gain client's rights

| Myanmar

China tech

Analysis: Why Alibaba ditched new property venture

| China

Big Tech is the regenerative starfish of our times

| China

Chinese unicorn's robot waiters ready to serve the world

| China

China's Nio to launch in Europe as it starts global expansion

| Europe

Climate Change

Asian Development Bank to end coal, oil and gas financing

| Singapore

Three Gorges unit preps $3.5bn IPO to push Xi's clean energy agenda

| China

Suga plan for greener Japan stirs hope in wind energy sector

| Japan

US hydrogen company, with partner SK, eyes China and Vietnam

| South Korea

Arts

Japan's art 'cloning' technology set to revamp global museums

Tokyo University of the Arts researchers recreate statue as it was 1400 years ago

| Japan

Arts

Overseas release brings Malaysian LGBTQ film to the screen

| Malaysia

Tea Leaves

Biggest challenge for Asia's star athletes is Western stereotypes

| South Korea

Life

Dating apps revolutionize romance in India

| India

Market Data

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    • Hang Seng
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    • Singapore STI
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    • Sensex
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    • Dow Jones Ind.
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    • USD/JPY
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    • USD/CNY
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    • -0.46%

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Health Care

Asia medical tourism catches cold from COVID travel curbs

| Thailand

Technology

Samsung heir strengthens control in conglomerate with inheritance

| South Korea

IPO

JD.com logistics unit on track to deliver $4bn Hong Kong IPO

| Hong Kong

Transportation

China's top airlines see recovery in traffic, but not in profits

| China

Semiconductors

Samsung to maximize foundry capacity amid global chip shortage

| South Korea

Retail

Alibaba 'rectification' marks slowdown of China's internet economy

| China

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