Asian News Portal

The Asian News Portal is a collaborative news service created by Nikkei and its media partners throughout the Asia Pacific region. Featuring main headlines from each service, Asian News Portal offers a first-hand look at current events in the region.

All the headlines are linked to the news on the respective media partner's site. When you click on a headline, a new window will open to display the original article from the media partner's site.

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When Viet Nam News first hit the news-stands in 1991, it was a modest four-page newspaper whose stories were written, edited and proofed by hand. Since then, Viet Nam's major English language daily, published seven days a week, has kept pace with the rapid strides taken by the country in its economic renovation and its integration with the regional and world economies.
We have upped our size from 28 to 32 pages a day, providing comprehensive coverage of the latest domestic and international developments in all areas including politics, economics, business, social affairs and sport. Special pages carry comment, analysis, and reports on the environment, science and technology, lifestyle and key social issues.

The JoongAng Media Network (JMnet) is Korea's most prominent multimedia group.
It offers a wide range of services, including print newspapers, books and magazine publishing, cable TV and the internet. JMnet's core business is daily newspapers, JoongAng Ilbo. Since its foundation in 1965, JoongAng Ilbo has enjoyed the reputation as the most reliable and world-oriented news provider in Korea and a leading innovator in the print media industry.
As globally outreached multimedia group, JMnet publishes an English language daily paper, the JoongAng Daily affiliated with the International Herald Tribune. Publishing of the Korean edition of magazines including Newsweek, Forbes and Cosmopolitan also represent JMnet's outreach in media industry. The Korean service of the CNN available through JMnet's online service are audio-video content provided by the group. Having initiated in 1995 the first internet news service in Asia called Joins.com, JMnet remains the most popular news media website.

The world's window to Thailand - Bangkok Post is the most credible English-language news & information provider of Thailand. Bangkok Post is published and distributed by The Post Publishing Public Company Ltd., a Thailand-based news media company. Besides Bangkok Post, its English daily newspaper, The Post Publishing also publishes Post Today, a Thai daily newspaper, and Bangkok Post Student Weekly, an English weekly newspaper. Its group companies also offer magazines such as Elle, Elle Decoration, Cleo and Marie Claire. In addition, the Company provides job classifieds services through its Website,

Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. (SPH) publishes 14 newspapers in four languages. It has a special focus on Asia, operating nine bureaus in the region. Last year, SPH launched Singapore's first Chinese-language free newspaper. To expand its presence on the Internet, SPH's English-language paper, The Straits Times, started STOMP (Straits Times Online Mobile Print), a portal that connects, engages and interacts with readers on the Web and via mobile phone messaging.

The Times of India is among the top 2 English broadsheets worldwide, and The Economic Times among the top 3 English business dailies worldwide. The Times of India Group gives the highest reach among Indian decision makers, intelligentsia and the elite. The Group also has a range of 9 Business2Business publications from The Economic Times catering to industry segments as diverse as machinery and polymers. In addition its 16 Special Interest offerings are targeted at groups of consumers ranging from photography to education to annuals on beauty, fashion etc. Established over 160 years ago, this group has entered the mainstream of Indian life in every possible way. A dynamic group, it has entered the 21st century as a complete media house, with a turnover that is the highest in the country.

The Maeil Business Newspaper, founded in 1966, provides the most diverse array of topic related to economy, finance, real-estate, stocks and bond with keen insight and professional expertise.
By providing timely, accurate economic news and through campaigns such as "Vision Korea," the Maeil Business Newspaper presents new vision to government, the people and business. In doing so, the Maeil Business Newspaper is proud to do its part in building the foundation for Korea's knowledge-based economy.
According to a Korea Gallup poll, the Maeil Business Newspaper is not only the most widely read newspaper among opinion leaders, but it also revealed that the Maeil Business Newspaper is the nation's overall 4th in household subscription rate and the most-read newspaper by business and corporate subscribers in Korea.
The Maeil Business Newspaper provides readers with valuable and precisely edited information that is compiled through its affiliation with other domestic regional newspapers and a partnership network of global media alliances.
The Maeil Business Newspaper has grown to become not just one of Korea's top newspapers, but a genuine world-class source of business and economic information.