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Reports on developments in different parts of Asia and the Pacific, as of April 4, 2000. Includes a suspected outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in South Korea; Growth of Malaysia's nongovernment domestic bond market.

Presents news from Asia as of April 3, 2000. Taiwanese President-elect Chen Shui-bian's desire for the United States to move forward with a decision on the sale of advanced US weapons to Taiwan; Financial results for Japanese based Softbank.

Presents an update on issues related to business and commerce in the Asia Pacific as of August 16, 2002.

Presents news briefs in Asia and the Pacific Area as of August 12, 2002, including the decline of profits posted by McDonald's Holdings (Japan) company for the first half of fiscal 2002.

Presents news related to business and economy in Asia and Pacific Region as of July 29, 2002.

Presents news briefs in Asia and the Pacific Area as of July 23, 2002, including the decision of Afghan President Hamid Karzai to replace his Afghan bodyguards with U.S. soldiers.

Presents business news briefs in Asia and the Pacific as of April 8, 2002.

Presents business news briefs in the Asia Pacific as of March 25, 2002.

Presents news briefs on the economy in Asia as of January 28, 2002.

Presents business update in Asia as of January 14, 2002.

Presents business-related news briefs in Asia and the Pacific Area as of January 8, 2002.

Presents business-related news briefs in Asia and the Pacific Area as of November 8, 2001.

Presents a business and financial update on Asia and the Pacific Region as of November 7, 2001.

Presents updates related to business and economic conditions in the Asia and the Pacific as of November 5, 2001, such as the resignation of Arthur Andersen as auditor of Asia Pulp & Paper.

Presents newsbriefs concerning the economy and the business sector in Asia as of October 15, 2001, including the business losses of Japan Airlines.

Provides news briefs in Asia and the Pacific Area as of September 4, 2001, with emphasis on the reassurance provided by Japanese leaders to the public regarding the condition of its economy.

Presents business-related updates in Asia as of June 22, 2001.

Provides news briefs in the Asia Pacific as of June 21, 2001, with emphasis on the limitation of bank ownership in South Korea.

Presents updates on business enterprises in Asia and the Pacific as of June 20, 2001.

Presents news briefs on business enterprises in the Asia Pacific region as of June 18, 2001.

Presents updates on the economic and business sector of countries in the Asia Pacific region as of April 17, 2001.

Presents updates on business in Asia and the Pacific as of March 12, 2001 including the approval of the International Monetary Fund to the sale of two nationalized banks in Indonesia.

Presents news briefs on business enterprises in Asia as of January 29, 2001.

Presents news briefs in Asia as of January 3, 2001. Public funds received by South Korean banks; Completion of a military-run mobile telephone network by China Unicom Group; Decision of the Philippine central bank to end engineered-swap deals.

Presents business news briefs in Asia as of December 29, 2000. Why China replaced several ministers and expelled several parliament members; Deal between Japan-based construction company Kumhagai Gumi and its creditor Sumitomo Bank; Reason for the ban on some operations of brokerage firm Nomura Securities.

Presents news briefs from Asia and the Pacific as of December 28, 2000. Details on the raid conducted by riot police in South Korea to break up a sit-in by the striking bank workers on December 27, 2000; Increase in Vietnam's gross domestic product.

Provides business-related issues from Asia and the Pacific as of December 27, 2000. Plan of Malaysia to buy back the assets of two unprofitable privatized light-rail projects; Allegations against Thai telecommunications tycoon-turned-politician Thaksin Shinawatra; Increase in unemployment rate in Japan.

Presents news briefs from Asia and the Pacific as of December 19, 2000. Plan of General Motors company to invest in Chinese vehicle maker Luizhou Wuling Motors company; Details on the plan of Daewoo Motor company in South Korea to lay off workers; Gross domestic product of Thailand for the third quarter of 2000.

Presents news briefs from Asia and the Pacific region as of November 27, 2000. Protests rallies in the Philippines aimed at speeding the ouster of President Joseph Estrada; Statistics on the group revenue loss reported by the Sega company for the six month period that ended September 30, 2000; Passage of a bill in South Korea that aimed to raise billions of dollars in public funds to clean-up the nation's debt-ridden banks.

Presents news briefs on the economic sector in Asia. Completion of the sale of Japan's Nippon Credit Bank to the consortium led by Softbank; Growth of the economy of Hong, Kong China; Arrest of businessman Wang Ling-lin for alleged breach of trust in Taiwan.

Presents business updates in Asia as of August 25, 2000. Rise of the profit after tax announced by Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa, a tycoon in Hong Kong, China; Investigation on Mitsubishi Motors' alleged coverup of customer complaints; Planned resignation of Chen Yu-how, chairman of the Tuntex Group.

Presents news briefs from Asia and the Pacific as of July 3, 2000. Punishment ordered by Japanese authorities on Merrill Lynch's Japan unit for conducting financial transactions without proper approval from regulators; Provisions needed by South Korean banks against possible nonperforming loans; Woodside Petroleum's rejection of an asset-swap deal offered by Royal Dutch/Shell Group.

Presents news briefs in Asia and Pacific region. Joint ventures in China that defaulted loans from the ING Bank unit of ING Group; Privatization of National Power Corporation in the Philippines; Stock split executed by Softbank.

Provides updates related to business and economy in Asia and the Pacific as of April 12, 2000. Forecasts on the gross domestic product in Japan; Plans of northeast Asian countries to build an energy commonwealth to protect themselves from possible oil crisis; Coordination sought by China's central bank with nonstate-owned commercial banks.

Presents economic-related issues in Asia as of April 11, 2000. Reprimand of Merrill Lynch by Hong Kong securities regulator for failing to supervise the trading of listed warrants that it issued; Announcement from Bank Central Asia of Indonesia that it will offer shares through a landmark initial public offering; Plan of Nissan Motor to sell its aerospace division.

Presents business news briefs in Asia as of April 10, 2000. Steps taken by Singapore Telecommunications to buy stakes in Time Engineering company in Malaysia; Luxury sedan car unveiled by Toyota Motor company for its Japanese market; Decline of the initial public offering price of PetroChina company.

Presents business update in Asia as of April 6, 2000. Delays in the launching of the hand held video game Game Boy from Nintendo in Japan; Decline of the shares of the Indonesian cigarette manufacturing company Gudang Garam; Restructuring of Australian gold mining company Normandy Mining.