Tag: Asia
Japan Post, Rakuten tie-up in digital delivery, cashless pay
<p>TOKYO — Japan’s postal system is investing 150 billion yen ($1.4 billion) in an 8% stake in the e-commerce venture Rakuten to strengthen a...
Memo banning Afghan girls singing prompts #IAmMySong protest
KABUL, Afghanistan — A memo from Afghanistan's education ministry banning girls 12 years old and older from singing at school functions has been causing...
Journalists’ group: 65 media workers killed in 2020
<p>BRUSSELS — A total of 65 journalists and media workers were killed worldwide in 2020 while doing their jobs, according to the International Federation...
Ant Group CEO resigns for personal reasons
The CEO of Ant Group, the world’s biggest financial technology company, has resigned from the company due to personal reasons.
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Olympic host Japan will not take part in China vaccine offer
<p>TOKYO — Japan will not take part in China's offer — accepted by the International Olympic Committee — to provide vaccines for “participants" in...
Tussle between US, allies over vaccine supply escalates
BRUSSELS — Millions of coronavirus vaccine doses are in cold storage in the U.S. that can’t be injected in the states because they are...
US, Indo-Pacific allies to expand India’s vaccine production
<p>President Joe Biden and fellow leaders of the Indo-Pacific alliance known as the Quad are set to announce a plan to expand coronavirus vaccine...
‘Minari’ actor is nonchalant about new fame outside S. Korea
SEOUL, South Korea — When Youn Yuh-jung was asked how she felt about being called the “Meryl Streep of South Korea" in a recent...
Russian folk song rejected as substitute Olympic anthem
GENEVA — Russia's wish to use a patriotic Soviet-era folk song as a replacement anthem for the Tokyo Olympics was rejected by the Court...
N Korean defectors struggle to send money home amid pandemic
ANSAN, South Korea — For the first time in years, Choi Bok-hwa didn’t get her annual birthday call from her mother in North Korea....