Companies
Exclusive: Vingroup plans Thai bonds as funding options narrow
Baht strength make it a risky move for Vietnam's biggest conglomerate
Business
Startups
The automation technology helping cut mining costs
Chinese startup Builder X provides teleoperated excavators to tackle worker shortage
Nikkei Markets
Financial heavyweights pull Hong Kong shares off highs
Chinese drugmakers climb after 32 drugs win bids for centralized procurement
Technology
Samsung appoints new mobile chief as Huawei chips away at market share
51-year-old president who championed outsourcing moves up at electronics giant
Companies
Mitsubishi Electric data may have been compromised in cyberattack
Major defense contractor says it suspects Chinese hacker group
Business trends
Japan's Skylark restaurant group to cease 24-hour operations
Rising labor costs force family restaurant chain to end half-century old policy
Hong Kong protests
Hong Kong's economy splits into pro- and anti-government camps
Protesters shun businesses that support police and establishment
Society
China confirms third death from new coronavirus
Media report first domestic cases outside Wuhan ahead of Lunar New Year
Obituaries
Lotte founder built empire in 2 lands, but wished to conquer steel
Shin Kyuk-ho was last of South Korea's original chaebol generation
