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APD | Lotte Corp. to sell 26-percent stake in Lotte Capital

By APD writer Alice Lotte Corp., the holding company of South Korea's retail-to-chemical conglomerate Lotte Group, said on Se

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Google wins 'right to be forgotten' court battle

Google has won a court battle that could have forced it to take requests from around the world to wipe personal information f

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APD | Protection of migratory species needed for regional ecosystems

By APD writer Melo M. Acuña The Los Baños, Laguna-based ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) underscored the importance of tra

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APD | Samsung drops 26 notches in global corporate reputation ranking

By APD writer Alice South Korea's tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. fell sharply in a global corporate social responsibility

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Banks worth $47 trillion adopt new UN-backed climate principles

Banks with more than 47 trillion U.S. dollars in assets, or a third of global industry, adopted new UN-backed "responsib

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World's oldest travel firm Thomas Cook collapses

Thomas Cook, the world's oldest travel firm, collapsed on Monday, stranding hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers around the

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Two more BeiDou satellites sent into space

China has successfully sent two satellites of BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite

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China's home appliance sector maintains stable growth in January-July

China's home appliance industry grew steadily in the first seven months of this year, data from the Ministry of Industry and

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Milking happy snails for beauty products

Anunlikely craze for skin products made from snail slime has led to a mini-boom for farmers in Thailand's central province of

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Engineers create first hardware linking classical, quantum computing

Engineers in the United States and Japan have developed the first hardware that could bridge the gap between classical comput

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APD | South Koreans’ overseas accounts worth 61.5 trillion won

By APD writer Alice South Korean individuals and corporations held a combined 61.5 trillion won (US$51.5 billion) worth of we

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Morocco to host 24th UN World Tourism Organization General Assembly in 2021

Morocco will host the 24th edition of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) General Assembly in 2021, official news agenc

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APD | Japan has two universities listed in the world’s top 20

By APD writer Alice Japan trails other countries in hosting elite institutions with only two listed in the world’s top 200 al

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South Sudan warring parties agree to speed up forming unified force

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar on Monday agreed to speed up screening and registering their

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India locates lander lost on final approach to Moon

The lander module from India's Moon mission was located on the lunar surface on Sunday, one day after it lost contact with th

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Hurricane Dorian survivors await relief as teams search for bodies

Desperate for food, water and shelter, survivors of Hurricane Dorian, which pulverized the Bahamas as a Category 5 storm, wer

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APD | Japan, South Korea urged to find solution to dispute

By APD writer Alice US technology companies have urged Japan and South Korea to negotiate a resolution to a dispute that thre