The board of Malaysia-based construction firm IJM Corp. has called on shareholders to reject an MYR11 billion ($2.8 billion) takeover offer from Sunway Group – the flagship company of Malaysian billionaire Jeffrey Cheah.
Newly created roles accounted for nearly half of all job vacancies in Singapore in 2025, as the global AI boom drove hiring demand for engineering and technology-related positions.
South Korean parents are increasingly passing homes on to their children earlier in life as surging property prices and stricter borrowing rules make homeownership harder to achieve for younger people.
China’s hotpot brand Haidilao has been named "the world’s strongest restaurant brand" for the second year in a row with a double-digit growth in value.
David Yong, a businessman featured in Netflix's variety show "Super Rich In Korea", has been hit with two charges linked to illegal moneylending after allegedly permitting a company to issue more than S$1.1 million (US$860,000) in loans without proper authorization.
Vietnam gold prices continued to decline Thursday afternoon after hitting a six-week low in the morning as global rates dropped to the lowest in a month.
Some users of Singtel, Singapore’s largest mobile network, experienced connection issues Tuesday, a day after its services were disrupted for more than eight hours, causing frustration to users.
Jason Chang, chairman of Taiwan-based ASE Technology Holding, has become the richest person in Singapore on Forbes’ global billionaire list with a net worth of US$14.2 billion, doubled from last year.
Chinese livestream vendors are increasingly using South Korean streets to sell fashion products, promoting them as authentic Korean goods at affordable prices.
