SOLO, Jun 18, 2021, ANTARA. Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita has urged government and regional government institutions, state-owned companies, regional government-owned companies…

NEW DELHI, Jun 19, 2021, Financial Express. COVID 2.0 turned out to be stronger than the first wave of the pandemic and inflicted more severe damage to the whole nation than the first one.

TOKYO, Jun 19, 2021, Kyodo. Over 60 percent of companies across Japan are reluctant to have the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics held this year due to concerns about the country'

SEOUL, Jun 19, 2021, Yonhap. A variety of industries ranging from hotels to movie theaters and local governments are giving discounts and other promotions to vaccinated people to encourage more people…

KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 19, 2021, Bernama. The aviation industry is likely to return to normal in 2022 with the gradual resumption of interstate travels and the reopening of international borders…

LIMA, Jun 19, 2021, MercoPress. Pedro Francke, a 60-year-old economy professor and advisor to presidential frontrunner Pedro Castillo, has announced “there will be no expropriations…

TOKYO, Jun 20, 2021, Kyodo. Organizers of this summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are considering allowing a total of around 20,000 spectators into the Olympic opening ceremony late next month…

MELBOURNE, Jun 20, 2021, Reuters. Australia’s complaint to the World Trade Organisation over China’s anti-dumping duties on wine exports should enable bilateral negotiations…

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jun 20, 2021, Borneo Bulletin/ANN. Brunei will not send pilgrims for this year’s Haj season, the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA) has announced, marking the second season that…

VIENTIANE, Jun 20, 2021, Global Times. Laos has extended its lockdown COVID-19 prevention measures across the country for a further 15 days as the community spread of COVID-19 in the capital continues…

CHICAGO, Jun 20, 2021, Anadolu Agency. Saturday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin seemed to have appropriate weather for the nation's longest-running annual Juneteenth parade: clouds and rain at the start…

When I ring home to West Papua, my village people often ask me about the rumours that they have heard, of an upcoming Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) meeting. They would ask, "When is the MSG meeting?

SEOUL, Jun 21, 2021, AFP. The US special representative for North Korea on Monday offered to meet with Pyongyang "anywhere, anytime, without preconditions", with no public contact so far between the…

BEIJING, Jun 21, 2021, CNBC. Fresh off a surge in wine exports and a visit from President Xi Jinping last year, China wants to turn its primary wine-producing region of Ningxia into one that rivals…

WASHINGTON D.C., Jun 21, 2021, CNN. The United States has extended Covid-19 restrictions on non-essential travel at land and ferry crossings with Canada and Mexico until July 21, according to a tweet…

JAKARTA, Jun 21, 2021, ANTARA. The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries has said that lobster seeds or puerulus are officially prohibited for export, and those caught in the wild is only allowed…

MANILA, Jun 21, 2021, PhilStar. The Philippines’ dollar surplus is still poised to shrink this year, but the new forecast is now bigger than the previous one on the back of “better-than-expected”…

TOKYO, Jun 22, 2021, DW. Japan's famously hard-working salarymen — and, increasingly, salarywomen — are to be encouraged to reduce the amount of time they spend in the office environment as part of…

NEW YORK, Jun 22, 2021, Xinhua. U.S. ban on Chinese makers of surveillance cameras and other hardware is diverting focus from the future and diminishing America's ability to remain a global technology…

SINGAPORE, Jun 22, 2021, CNBC. U.S.-headquartered semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries announced Tuesday that it will build a new fabrication plant in Singapore to meet the unprecedented global…

Though film industries are market-based and profit-driven, they cannot escape the constraints of the political structures, ideology, or cultural value systems in which they are situated.