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It's not too late for South Korean leaders to "reflect on the lessons" from Seoul's THAAD deployment, Chinese state media said on Tuesday.
Three global VCs share where start-ups go wrong when pitching their ideas.
Former consultant Geoffrey See has bet on North Korea's business potential for nearly a decade.
European business suffers from "promise fatigue" in China, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China wrote in its latest paper.
Rolls Royce expects China will soon begin engine manufacturing for jumbo jets, Chairman Ian Davis said.
Most Asian indexes closed lower on Tuesday ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's September meeting.
Investors should look for high growth sectors when stock-picking, the head of Nikko Asset Management said.
Trump's policies won't benefit the U.S., said Fu Chengyu, a member of Beijing's top advisory body.
"The president's public remarks have been off," former diplomat Nicholas Burns says.
Amid a Chinese crackdown on cryptocurrencies, a major bitcoin conference has moved from Beijing to Hong Kong.
The U.S. military on Monday flew a pair of B-1B bombers and F-35 fighter jets in bombing drills with South Korea over the Korean peninsula, South Korea's Defence Ministry said.
Decorated veteran Daniel Davis says he's "concerned" the U.S. is not backing down from threat of military action against North Korea.
Japanese billionaire Taizo Son, founder and CEO of Mistletoe, says Southeast Asian start-ups can leapfrog their peers in developed markets.
Singapore is a leading tech hub, but domestic entrepreneurs lack meaningful visions, according to one expert.
Hanson Robotics' new project is SingularityNET, an open market in the cloud for artificial intelligence, Chief Scientist Ben Goertzel said.
Hengqin is being transformed into China's newest tourism haven and is dubbed by some as the country's answer to Florida's Orlando.
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JP Lee, partner and MD, SoftBank Ventures Korea, said he's particularly interested in data and artificial intelligence applications as he searches for start-ups.
Taavi Roivas, Vice President of the Estonian Parliament and former Prime Minister of Estonia, said his country and Singapore have a shared interest in smart cities and e-governance.
The Federal Reserve is some ways away from its inflation target in the near term as the FOMC convenes for its September meeting. Mikio Kumada of LGT Capital Partners weighs in.
