Online marketplace Tiki wins US$130 million funding

Vietnamese online marketplace Tiki has successfully raised US$130 million in its latest funding round led by Northstar Group. According to Deal Street Asia, the...

Croatia votes for new government as virus woes loom

ZAGREB - Croatians will choose a government to navigate the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in a general election on Sunday, after a campaign dominated by...

WFP to resume food aid to N. Korea: VOA

(Yonhap)The UN's World Food Program (WFP) will resume humanitarian food aid to 771,000 North Koreans, the Voice of America said Saturday, citing a WFP...

Amid reckoning on police racism, algorithm bias in focus

WASHINGTON - A wave of protests over law enforcement abuses has highlighted concerns over artificial intelligence programs like facial recognition which critics say may...

Seoul on high alert as virus cases exceed 60 for 2nd...

(Yonhap)South Korea stays on high alert as new coronvavirus cases exceeded 60 on Saturday for the second straight day, with infections outside the Seoul...

UK historian quits Cambridge over slavery claim

LONDON: A British royal historian who said slavery was not genocide has quit his honorary position at Cambridge University and been dropped by his...

Foreign arrivals in Korea again dive 98% in May

Departure floor of Incheon Airport empty on June 10 (Yonhap)Due to coronavirus-related travel restrictions, the number of foreign arrivals in South Korea again nose-dived...

How a fast digital pivot saved Williams-Sonoma’s top line when Covid-19...

Take a look at US kitchen and homewares retailer Williams-Sonoma’s sales figures for the last quarter and you would hardly know there has...

2 injured as passenger train collides with cargo train near Khanpur

Two trains have collided in the Khanpur area of Punjab, according to a statement from Pakistan Railways. According to a spokesperson for Pakistan Railways,...

Five ways Hong Kong has changed under China’s security law

HONG KONG - Beijing's new national security law for Hong Kong is the most radical shift in how the semi-autonomous city is run since...