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SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Aug 14): Two top US national security officials sought to tamp down fears of imminent nuclear war with North Korea following days of heightened rhetoric by President Donald Trump, as America’s top general prepares to meet with South Ko

TOKYO (April 17): Japanese stocks have been battered so badly that they’re too cheap to ignore, says the US$165 billion ($230.3 billion) investor Pictet Asset Management Ltd., after the Topix index tumbled to its fifth straight weekly loss.

(Feb 2): If Donald Trump slapped China with punishing tariffs, the pain would also be felt by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, vital cogs in a regional supply chain that allows China to build widgets and gadgets for the world.

SINGAPORE (Jan 20): AsiaMedic has signed a binding term sheet with its controlling shareholder Luye Medicals Group and the shareholders of LuyeEllium Healthcare Co to acquire LuyeEllium for $42.2 million.

(Jan 17): There’s something about those Nordic countries.

SINGAPORE (Jan 12): Saudi Arabia was said to cut February crude sales to China and southern Asian nations while largely sparing countries including Japan and South Korea, as it curbs supply as part of a deal between OPEC and other producers.

SEOUL (Nov 30): Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, under pressure from shareholders to improve investor returns, said on Tuesday it will consider creating a holding company in what would be the biggest shake-up in its 47-year history.

SINGAPORE (Nov 14): Hanjin Shipping Co.’s fleet has shrunk to about a tenth of its size after the South Korean container line returned most of its chartered vessels to owners in the weeks following its bankruptcy filing.

SINGAPORE (Oct 31): iX Biopharma announced that it has secured a Canadian patent for its WaferiX drug delivery technology.

SINGAPORE (Sept 22): Cacola Furniture International will be embarking on a number of new measures to drive growth in  its furniture manufacturing business, following an extensive review of its operations.