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South Korea posted its second-highest daily number of coronavirus cases on Sunday, despite extended Covid-19 curbs and a high vaccination rate, raising concerns of further spread during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday. The country recorded 7,630 new cases on Saturday, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said, …

The local government in China’s capital ordered more Covid-19 tests on Sunday as the city continued to report new local cases, less than two weeks before the start of the Winter Olympic Games. Nine locally transmitted cases with confirmed symptoms were found in Beijing on Jan. 22, down from 10 …

A developer cancelling the purchase of the most expensive land has exposed legal loopholes in Vietnam’s real estate auctions that can be misused to stir price speculation, industry insiders say. Vietnam’s regulations on property auctions are loose and need to be tightened so that real estate developers don’t “blow up” …