Kevin Lam

1 week ago | channelnewsasia.com | Ishan Garg |Kevin Lam

NEW DELHI: A deadly border standoff between Indian and Chinese soldiers in June 2020 led to India restricting imports and imposing a blanket ban on Chinese investments. It also implemented stricter customs checks and anti-dumping measures, allowing only essential items to be imported. Naresh Gupta, who runs modular furniture manufacturer Aostaf Group, said he can now only bring in furniture parts which cannot be made locally.

1 week ago | channelnewsasia.com | Michiyo Ishida |Kevin Lam

UDA, Japan: Uda community leader Yoshiji Misaki is doing a survey to gather data on abandoned homes in the rural city in Nara prefecture. Almost one in five houses in Uda are vacant homes, known as akiya. One such abandoned property which Misaki showed CNA is a house which has stood largely untouched for 25 years. A doctor once lived and ran a clinic in this home, but his family moved away after he died.

3 weeks ago | channelnewsasia.com | William Denselow |Kevin Lam

BRUSSELS: European leaders have vowed to strengthen their defence capabilities amid growing uncertainty about long-term security commitments by the United States. In the aftermath of World War II, West European nations, alongside US and Canada, created the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for collective security against the then-Soviet Union. Article 5, a cornerstone of the treaty, states that an attack on one NATO country is deemed an attack on all, and members will protect each other.