Malaysia is already cracking down on undocumented immigrants — and they may be getting ready to arrest a lot more. So far, the country has arrested more than 3,300 workers and 84 employers since July 1. Activists are crying foul over possible abuses of rights, and business owners are also speaking out against what they […]

Got rice? That’s what China, the world’s largest consumer of rice, is now asking the U.S. For the first time ever, Asia’s economic giant will allow imports of American rice, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday. That comes as a welcome signal after annual trade talks between the two nations broke down this week […]

Blake Irving knows how hard it is to change first impressions. More than four years into his tenure as the CEO of web domain registrar and cloud platform GoDaddy, Irving still encounters men who associate the company with risqué Super Bowl ads featuring half-naked women. “I’ll be talking to folks, even in Asia, who will […]

North Korea’s economy grew at its fastest pace in 17 years in 2016, South Korea’s central bank said on Friday, despite the isolated country facing international sanctions aimed at curbing its defiant pursuit of nuclear weapons. Gross domestic product (GDP) in North Korea last year rose 3.9 percent from the previous year when the economy […]

As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump turned China’s currency into a campaign issue, but Republican political stumbles are now strengthening the yuan. Analysts said the newly resurgent Chinese currency, which has been slowly trending higher since May, was all about the dollar’s sudden weakness. “Just looking at a chart of the pair might lead one […]

The recent outbreak of hawkishness by policymakers in the western world does not automatically mean that interest rates need to rise in Australia, a top central banker said on Friday. Canada’s central bank increased interest rates to 0.75 percent this month while the U.S. Federal Reserve has raised rates four times over the past two […]

President Donald Trump’s lawyers are looking for ways to hit back at special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, media outlets reported on Thursday. Trump’s legal team has been probing the backgrounds of investigators on the case as well as checking for any potential conflicts of interest that could foil Mueller’s inquiry, the Washington Post and […]

South Korea’s LG Chemical is expected to be the sole supplier of batteries for Apple’s iPhone 9, which is due next year, according to a report in The Korea Economic Daily. The report is notable because Apple is known for a “multi-vendor strategy” for its components. Citing industry insiders, The Korea Economic Daily said LG […]

South Korea’s proposed military talks aimed at easing tensions between the two Koreas planned for Friday failed to take place after North Korea snubbed a call by the South, a setback for new President Moon Jae-in’s hope of engaging Pyongyang in dialogue. South Korea’s Defense Ministry was expected to issue a statement at 0130 GMT […]

Six teenagers from a Burundi robotics team have been reported missing after an international competition in Washington and two of them were seen entering Canada, police said on Thursday. The four males and two females were last seen late on Tuesday afternoon when the robotics contest ended at the FIRST Global Challenge, police said. Authorities […]