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Japan's Rohto and Mitsui to buy Chinese-medicine chain for $590m
OSAKA -- Rohto Pharmaceutical and trading house Mitsui & Co. will acquire traditional Chinese medicine company Eu Yan Sang International for about 800 million Singapore dollars ($594 million), the Japanese companies said Thursday.
Singapore jails second man in US$2.2 billion money laundering case
Defendant Su Haijin admitted to one charge of resisting arrest and two money laundering charges, the report said, and was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment.
Malaysia emerges as a hotspot for semiconductor firms amid U.S.-China chip tensions
Malaysia is emerging as a hotspot for semiconductor factories as U.S.-China tensions prompt companies to diversify operations.
South Korean firms in Vietnam face growing competition from China
HANOI -- From Samsung Electronics to LG, South Korean companies have long led foreign direct investment in Vietnam, making the Southeast Asian country a critical manufacturing hub in global supply chains. But they are now being pushed back by Chinese peers, according to the representative of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) in the country.
Southeast Asian countries consider ways to boost ‘green financing’ as region chokes on smog
LUANG PRABANG, Laos (AP) — Senior finance and central bank officials from Southeast Asia and major economies met Thursday in the scenic Laotian city of Luang Prabang to discuss ways to help the region build resilience against shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters brought on by climate change.
Singapore jails drunk man for threatening to cut sick wife’s throat with fruit peeler
In a separate incident, the same man, a butcher, threatened a member of the public with a meat chopper at a Bedok coffee shop.
South Korean firms in Vietnam face growing competition with China
HANOI -- From Samsung Electronics to LG, South Korean companies have long led foreign direct investment in Vietnam, making the Southeast Asian country a critical manufacturing hub in global supply chains. But they are now being pushed back by Chinese peers, according to the representative of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) in the country.