A new alliance was launched Thursday with the goal of reducing trade barriers through standardising import and export processes among Southeast Asian countries. The Asean Food and Beverage Alliance (Afba), made up of the
Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (COA) will completely prohibit slaughtering live fowl in traditional markets all around the country starting June 17, the Central Epidemic Command Center for H7N9 influenza announced yesterday. The COA said
Public anger in North Korea appears to be deepening as the iron-fisted regime’s renewed nuclear brinkmanship has further isolated the country and aggravated its chronic food shortages, defectors and experts said. Given the regime’s
A major vaccine manufacturer in Taiwan has maintained that it will turn down an invitation by health authorities to hold a meeting with a biotechnology company to discuss development of vaccines against the H7N9
South Korea President Park Geun-hye assured foreign investors here Thursday that South Korea will remain a safe and stable place for business in a meeting held amidst growing concerns over North Korea’s threats of
Seoul officials say Pyongyang is ready for multiple missile launches; Washington calls threat ‘unhelpful’. South Korea and the US stepped up their intelligence and surveillance activities on Wednesday amid growing signs of North Korea’s
Beijing opposes any moves that will sabotage stability on the Korean Peninsula and calls on all parties to sit down for peace talks, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday. “Dialogue and consultation
No sign seen of human-to-human transmission of H7N9 bird flu. All live poultry markets in Shanghai will be closed from Saturday after H7N9 bird flu virus was found in pigeon samples from a farm
The South Korean government said Friday that it is ready to take swift countermeasures to stabilise financial markets against feasible risks from North Korean military threats. “It is necessary to be more cautious about
Bangladesh Stocks returned to the black yesterday, as investors went on a buying spree after the market reached its historic 40-month low on Monday with a further decline in turnover. The general index of