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IPO

India IPOs rise as startups divert investor attention from China

Dozens of companies look to list in first half despite Paytm's rocky debut

| India

IPO

Japan's online banks struggle to deliver blockbuster IPOs

| Japan

Philippine elections 2022

Duterte pick Bong Go drops out of presidential race, boosts Marcos

| Philippines

Economy

Japan's population drops to 126m in 2020 census, down 0.7% vs. 2015

| Japan

Coronavirus: Free to read

Coronavirus latest: Japan spots 1st omicron case in arrival from Namibia

| East Asia

Opinion

Peter A. Petri and Michael G. Plummer

Why South Korea should join the CPTPP

| South Korea
Peter A. Petri and Michael G. Plummer

Travel & Leisure

Suncity shares plunge after Macao arrests gaming group chairman

| Macao

Technology

Parag Agrawal: Twitter's new CEO steps into the limelight

| India

Media & Entertainment

Naver and Daum ban Yonhap for running advertorials as news

| South Korea

Politics

Kenta Izumi elected leader of Japan's main opposition in runoff

| Japan

Coronavirus

Japan to suspend entry of overseas travelers due to omicron

Foreign nationals to be barred, reversing earlier relaxation of restrictions

| Japan

Coronavirus

Philippines, Vietnam and others tighten travel rules over omicron

| Philippines

COVID vaccines

Moderna chief predicts existing vaccines will struggle with omicron

| U.S.

Coronavirus

New 'omicron' COVID virus variant: 4 things to know

| Africa
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Asia Insight

China-Pakistan Belt and Road Initiative hits buffers

Disagreements, terrorism and COVID-19 stymie CPEC projects

| Pakistan

Semiconductors

Auto chip shortage shows new sign of easing as inventories rise

| Japan

Electric cars in China

Sports car Lotus prepares relaunch under China's Geely -- with SUV

| China

Market Spotlight

Sri Lankan stocks soar even as economic alarm bells ring

| Sri Lanka

Latest Headlines

The metaverse is neither utopian nor dystopian

| Singapore

India IPOs rise as startups divert investor attention from China

| India

Suncity shares plunge after Macao arrests gaming group chairman

| Macao

Coronavirus latest: Japan spots 1st omicron case in arrival from Namibia

| East Asia

Moderna chief predicts existing vaccines will struggle with omicron

| U.S.

Narendra Modi should stop using COVID to protect Indian airlines

Current approach is a throwback to the old command and control mentality

| India
Rupa Subramanya
Nicholas Benes

Japan's stewardship framework for investors needs urgent reform

| Japan
Nicholas Benes
William Bratton

Southeast Asia risks stumbling toward a South American future

| Southeast Asia
William Bratton
Vandana Hari

Tapping strategic oil reserves will never tame OPEC and its allies

| North America
Vandana Hari

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Coronavirus

Coronavirus latest: Japan spots 1st omicron case in arrival from Namibia

| East Asia

Moderna chief predicts existing vaccines will struggle with omicron

| U.S.

Australia on alert after 1st probable omicron community case

| Australia

Shionogi and Daiichi Sankyo join hunt for omicron vaccine

| Japan

US-China tensions

U.S. crackdown targets China's quantum computing, navigation tech

| China

U.S.-China defense talks: Biden seeks channel to Xi's inner circle

| U.S.

U.S. aims for year-end defense talks with top China officials

| U.S.

U.S. invites Taiwan to first 'democracy summit,' angering China

| U.S.

China tech

Alibaba market cap sinks by half in a year since Ant IPO shelved

| China

China new mobile payment rules to target cross-border gambling

| China

Chinese tech stocks Didi and Pinduoduo tumble on Wall Street

| China

Chinese EV maker Nio to expand into five new European countries

| China

Philippine elections 2022

Duterte pick Bong Go drops out of presidential race, boosts Marcos

| Philippines

Why is Philippine Senator Leila de Lima still behind bars?

| Philippines

Duterte claims Philippine presidential candidate uses cocaine

| Philippines

Philippines cracks down on 'text blaster' sales as election looms

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Life

The inflatable Ladakh cinema that will leave you breathless

High altitude Himalayan movie house a hit with local audiences

| India

Life

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| India

Life

Making sense of Heather Mack and the Bali 'suitcase murder'

| Indonesia

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Malaysian art festivals spring back to life

| Malaysia

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China tech

Alibaba market cap sinks by half in a year since Ant IPO shelved

| China

Technology

Samsung unveils $17bn investment for Texas chip plant

| South Korea

Companies

JD.com joins Hang Seng, Evergrande dropped from China index

| Hong Kong

Retail

Alibaba expects weakest year since N.Y. listing

| China

Transportation

AirAsia in final talks with Tata Group to exit India: sources

| Malaysia

Transportation

Garuda Indonesia hands in restructuring plan to creditors

| Indonesia

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