China

Korea’s E-Land Group Set To Invest In Club Football

April 11, 2014

E-Land Group, a Korean fashion and retail conglomerate, is set to sponsor a professional football club based in Seoul that will compete in the K-League Challenge, the nation’s…

Pernod Anticipates Short-Term Stagnant Asian Market

March 31, 2014

French spirits group Pernod Ricard expects its profit in Asia to decline this year, particularly due to muted sales during the Lunar New Year period in China and…

Kim Soo-hyun Endorses Hana Bank

March 26, 2014

The 26-year-old Korean actor, who played the lead in popular Korean television drama serials Moon Embracing The Sun and My Love From The Star, has bagged a lucrative…

INTERVIEW: CHINESE BRANDS HAVE TO BE SAVVIER IN BRANDED CONTENT CREATION

March 24, 2014

ASN talks to Leo Liang, Director of Business Development at China’s web streaming giant, Youku Tudou, on how the pioneering platform has taken to Branded Content in China…

Korea Gunning For China’s Growing Middle Class Gamblers

March 19, 2014

Korea is on a mission to create a niche for itself in Asia’s bustling casino market. Earlier this week, Seoul granted preliminary approval to a consortium of investors,…

INTERVIEW: Adrian New, Managing Director Asia, Chelsea FC

March 18, 2014

With an estimated 820 million Asian fans, the English Premier League (EPL) is certainly one of the most followed sporting competitions in the continent.

China’s Hony Capital Ventures Into US Film Industry

March 12, 2014

Chinese private equity firm Hony Capital and their US-based counterpart TPG Capital, will be pumping in US$1 billion in the next five years, to build a movie studio…