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HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietnam's banks are in a quandary as they face official pressure to simultaneously increase lending and scrutinize loans more closely, and with authorities cracking down on financial fraud, including a case in which prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
SEONGNAM, South Korea -- The maintenance and repair unit of South Korean shipbuilding conglomerate HD Hyundai Group is aiming to raise as much as 742 billion won ($550 million) in what would be the biggest initial public offering on Seoul's main stock market in more than two years.
HONG KONG -- New economic forecasts for China show Beijing's efforts to promote an optimistic narrative have not shaken predictions of a long-term slowdown, with the growth rate seen sinking well below 5%.
While such bellicose rhetoric would normally be dismissed – Kim could just be posturing ahead of South Korean elections on April 10 – two prominent analysts set off a round of discussion among North Korea watchers with an article suggesting that this time Kim isn’t bluffing.
This is CNBC's live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine.
The latest attack on Sunday morning struck an outlet in Kuching, Sarawak, in Malaysian Borneo – an unusual target for religious acrimony due to the territory’s unique demographics as the only part of the country that is predominantly Christian and seen as more tolerant than other places in Muslim-majority Malaysia.
Suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran's embassy in Syria on Monday in a strike that Iran said killed seven of its military advisers, including three senior commanders, and that marked a major escalation in Israel's war with its regional adversaries.
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