Montreal / AFP The UN aviation agency called on Tuesday for regulations on space travel to be enacted within five years in order to bolster a burgeoning space tourism and transportation sector. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) “recognises that sub-orbital and outer space flights will foster new tourism and transport markets, and that investments in related research and development ...

DPA The story of the computer-savvy Indians has been around for a while: India has legions of well-trained IT specialists who provide high-tech services for tiny pay to firms round the globe. Get set for another story to replace it: Many of those smart Indian software experts are now becoming their own bosses. India is experiencing an incredible start-up boom. ...

DPA South Korean convenience stores have evolved from simple 24-hour corner shops into all-in-one stopovers for foods, goods and services tailored to modern needs. Despite sluggish consumption, convenience stores have constituted the country’s fastest-growing retail segment, outpacing offline retailers by a large margin with a 29.6 per cent on-year hike in sales in 2015, according to Statistics Korea. KDB Daewoo ...