Author: Marie Jones

Yangon and Tokyo — Co-Operative Bank (CB Bank), a major commercial bank in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Myanmar), Myanmar Payment Union Public Co.,Ltd (MPU), and JCB International Co. Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., today announced that CB Bank will start to issue JCB debit card in December 2016. The CB MPU-JCB Co-Brand Card combines the MPU brand and JCB brand. Cardmembers can use MPU’s nation-wide merchant network in Myanmar and JCB’s international merchant network with over 31 million locations globally. The Card offers 3 different card types, Platinum debit card, Gold debit…

Daejeon, KOREA – Researchers from Korea’s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) have developed a high performance processor for autonomous vehicles called Aldebaran. Increased focus by the automotive and IT industries on enhancing autonomous vehicle technology has increased the market for dedicated core processors customized for autonomous vehicles. Aldebaran is a high performance processor designed using all-Korean technology for autonomous vehicles. It consists of four superscalar processors and an object recognition vision engine integrated to meet all functional safety requirements as specified by ISO 26262. Electronics components are indispensable to new cars as they play vital roles in critical functions.…

HONG KONG — E Fund HK is proud to announce that its Alternative Investments (AI) Division has been named the ‘Best Alternative Manager’ in recognition of its unique business model which results in excellent returns for investors. The 2016 Offshore China Fund Awards event, jointly organized by the Chinese Asset Managers Association of Hong Kong (HKCAMA) and Bloomberg, was in its second year and aims to recognize outstanding performers among Chinese firms. “We are honoured to be conferred the Best Alternative Manager title from amongst various Chinese firms. The winning proposition of the team is to provide differentiate alternative investment…

Daejeon, KOREA — Exobrain, a language intelligence software for communicating between human and machine developed by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), defeated four human champions in a quiz show on EBS Korea. South Korea’s Educational Broadcasting System is a children’s educational television and radio network. On November 18 Exobrain went “head-to-head” with human competitors on the television quiz show, “Janghak Quiz”, which was recorded at the ETRI auditorium. Exobrain outpaced all competitors by scoring 510 out of 600 points, providing correct answers for 25 questions out of 30 (10 multiple-choice and 20 short-answer questions). The Exobrain defeated four…

HONG KONG — Jinchuan Group International Resources Co. Ltd (the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, collectively referred to “Jinchuan International”, Stock Code: 2362.HK) entered into a Strategic Framework Agreement with Junhe Holdings Limited (“Junhe Holdings”), in which Junhe Holdings will make equity investment in the Company by either subscribing for new shares of the Company or by acquiring existing shares of the Company, and establish several Joint Ventures in Shanghai with Junhe Holdings for different businesses, including a trading joint venture for trading commodities including non-ferrous metals, precious metals and chemical raw materials, a factoring joint venture and a financial…