The Thai government is stepping up its measures against unauthorized accommodations, following the discovery of three illegal hotels on Phuket, the nation’s largest island. During a recent operation, Deputy Interior Minister Polapee Suwunchwee led a task…
Chinese e-commerce entity Kuaigou, a branch of live-streaming tech corporation Kuaishou Technology, has been fined 26.7 million yuan (approximately US$3.84 million) by the Chinese regulatory authority. The regulator cited a series of “illegal actions” as the…
Indonesia has embarked on an ambitious initiative to eradicate approximately 1,400 unauthorized gold mines located in the Mount Halimun Salak National Park area, situated in the Sukabumi district of West Java province. In the month of November alone, local…
Hearing that Apple is being sued is not a surprise since it seems to happen often. Every attorney has the phone number of Apple General Counsel Katherine Adams in his or her Rolodex. Today, a lawsuit against Apple was filed in the U.S. District Court for the…
The volume of the legal cannabis market is expected to soar nearly 14-fold within six years according to research by Euromonitor International. Legal cannabis sales reached US$12 billion globally last year with exponential growth ahead, will reach $166…
The government plans to take firm action against illegal imports of textile and textile products as these have been hindering business and impacting ind ustrial growth in the manufacturing sector. “We will take firm action against importers who have so far…
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