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HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- The Hong Kong unit of DBS Group Holdings, Singapore's biggest lender, was fined HK$10 million ($1.28 million) by Hong Kong's banking regulator for violating anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing regulations.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Thursday it will begin deploying laser weapons systems designed to intercept North Korean drones, which have caused security concerns in the South in recent years.
Mount Fuji’s summer climbing season began on Monday with new crowd control measures to combat overtourism on the Japanese volcano’s most popular trail.
The Financial Action Task Force, an international watchdog organization dedicated to combating money laundering and illicit cash flows, on Friday removed Turkey from its "gray list" of countries that need special monitoring, handing a major vote of confidence to the country in the midst of its economic turnaround efforts.
The clandestine operation, which involved creating fake social media accounts impersonating Filipinos and utilising the #ChinaAngVirus hashtag to spread anti-vaccine messaging, was an egregious violation of trust. It cynically exploited the vulnerabilities and insecurities of populations desperate for life-saving vaccines.
Experts told This Week In Asia that the strategy was an important piece of the puzzle in combating money laundering, but said the country could improve implementation, particularly in overseeing non-financial sectors such as real estate, precious stones and metals.
TOKYO -- The U.S., Japan and the Philippines will soon launch discussions among experts to share expertise on how to combat disinformation, including fake news spread online by actors linked to China and Russia.
Since January last year vast numbers of Bangladeshi migrants have travelled to Malaysia to fill legitimate government-issued job quotas. But on arrival many found the work non-existent and were dumped into unemployment and debt, or duped into illegal and poorly paid jobs which activists say amounted to large-scale human trafficking.