Bloomberg North Korea signaled it wants to bring in investments from South Korean companies to help modernise the secluded country, according to one of the business chiefs that went to Pyongyang last week. North Korea wants to have economic cooperation and technical assistance from the South, Sohn Kyung-shik, the 79-year-old co-chairman of CJ Group and the head of the Korea ...

Bloomberg Jewellers in India breathed a sigh of relief after the government is said to have ruled out raising import taxes on gold to curb a slump in the local currency. Gold futures in Mumbai rose and shares of Titan Co., India’s largest maker of branded jewellery by market value, pared losses. The country isn’t planning to raise the tax ...

Bloomberg China dashed prospects for a near-term resolution to the trade war with the US, warning President Donald Trump his threats of further tariffs are blocking any potential negotiations. The response, which came just over an hour after the US imposed new duties on $200 billion in Chinese goods on Monday, underscores a deepening gulf between both governments in a ...