AIBA emerges unscathed after two days of ‘intensive meetings’

including the ground-breaking Year of Africa legacy project, and the five Continental Championships held earlier in the year that qualified 260 boxers for what will be the most high-profile AIBA World Championships to date, to be held in the German city of ... ( read original story ...)

Author Egoyan Zheng uses Fukushima for novel set in Taiwan

With the northern part of Taiwan rendered a no-go zone, the authorities announce that the capital is transferring to the southwestern coastal city of Tainan ... of additional budgets (poured into the project over years). It embodied the vulnerability ... ( read original story ...)

Dual Concepts by T.M Design Studio

The designer of this project is the founder of T.M Design Studio ... This modern lakeside lodge located in Kansas City, Kansas, was designed in 2015 by KEM Studio. Description by KEM Studio The owners work in ... Redesigned in 2016 by Hulburd Design ... ( read original story ...)

China opens cinema on disputed SCS island

In its online version, Japan Times quoted Xinhua news agency as saying over 200 residents and soldiers of Sansha city on Woody Island ... The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei also have overlapping claims in the waters, with Hanoi and ... ( read original story ...)

Regent rolls out in Southeast Asia

Regent Jakarta and Regent Residences Jakarta will be the next mixed-use development project. It is scheduled to open in 2018 in the heart of Indonesia’s capital city. Jointly developed ... Silks Hotels runs four hotels across Taiwan. ( read original story ...)

This week’s art hop: exhibits to catch from July 25 to 30

Involved with the project are artists from the Philippines, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Austria ... U.P. Diliman, Quezon City) on Friday, July 28. The show opens with support from Japan’s YOD Gallery, with whom Baluyot undertook an artist residency ... ( read original story ...)

Philippines’ Duterte threatens to jail martial law critics

"This is a tech development project to ensure it's working in open sea conditions". The world's first full scale floating wind farm is being built off Scotland's northeast coast, BBC reported Sunday. Countries like Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines and Taiwan ... ( read original story ...)

TAIWAN: We’re prepared to defend against China if necessary

Activists protest against the Singapore meeting between Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou and China's President Xi Jinping outside the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Taipei, Taiwan, November 7, 2015. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan is ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan heavily dependent on U.S. for technology

Taipei, July 25 (CNA) Taiwan depends heavily on technology provided by the United States, with Washington accounting for almost 80 percent of Taipei's total imported technology costs, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) said on Tuesday. In the latest ... ( read original story ...)

Taiwan market: Mobile e-payments monopoly is unlikely

Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay successively landed the Taiwan market in late March, late May and early June 2017 respectively, and several local smartphone-based mobile third-party e-payment services have started operations. The large number of ... ( read original story ...)

Thai property market buoyed by foreign buyers

Taiwan and Singapore also prominent. Foreign buyers, especially those from Hong Kong and mainland China, have offered a welcome relief to Southeast Asian property markets experiencing weak domestic demand. A Knight Frank research showed that Singapore and ... ( read original story ...)