Alibaba’s Ma hopes Beijing 2022 can be smarter, cheaper, faster
GANGNEUNG, South Korea: Billionaire Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma foresees an Olympics that is better for fans and athletes and is…
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Kim Jong Un invites South’s Moon to Pyongyang: Seoul
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has invited the South’s President Moon Jae-in for a summit in Pyongyang,…
China launches campaign against personal information trafficking
BEIJING: China has launched a nationwide campaign against personal information trafficking as part of efforts to create a clean…
Kimchi diplomacy for two Koreas in Olympic rapprochement
SEOUL: South Korea’s president ate kimchi and drank soju liquor with the North’s ceremonial head of state and the…
Amazon set to launch its own delivery service: report
NEW YORK: Amazon is preparing a limited launch of a delivery service that would compete directly with services like…
Pebbles, the ’emotional support’ hamster flushed down the toilet
WASHINGTON: First it was Dexter the Peacock. Now it’s Pebbles the Hamster. And while Dexter was merely denied permission…
N. Korea, US set for icy encounter at Olympics
INCHEON/PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: North Korea’s ceremonial leader and US Vice President Mike Pence may have their first face-to-face encounter yesterday…
Abe tells Moon ‘comfort women’ deal is final
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe restated Tokyo’s opposition to revising a 2015 agreement on ‘comfort women’ in…