Asia Compact | 18.04.2018, 18:00 UTC

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Asia Compact 18.04.2018 | 18:00 UTC Business Report: EU countries to be straitjacketed by China's New Silk Road European firms could miss out on China's $900 billion infrastructure initiative, warns a leaked report by EU diplomats. It said the New Silk Road trade corridor has the potential to disadvantage and even divide the bloc. One Belt One Road financing: blessing and a curse? China builds new billion dollar 'Silk Road' French president calls on Europe to back Silk Road Macron travels China's New Silk Road Will China's high debt levels spark a financial crisis? Japan commits to China's 'One Belt, One Road' initiative Sri Lanka signs port deal for China's one-belt one-road plan Australia, US, India, Japan mulling 'infrastructure scheme to rival China' IMF's Lagarde warns China on 'Silk Road' debt EU drags US to WTO over steel, aluminum tariffs 'New Silk Road' and China's hegemonic ambitions News Renowned South Korean actress abducted by North dies at 91 Choi Eun-hee was one of the most famous actresses of her day when she was kidnapped with her husband, a sought-after director, by agents of Kim Jong Il in 1978. The pair made a daring escape eight years later. 'My Brothers and Sisters in the North' - Telling the North Korean story Between Personality Cult and Bumper Car - In Kim Jong Un's North Korea Extra US sanctions for N. Korea film studio hack Behind North Korea's façade Asia Flipkart vs. Amazon — the online retail battleground heating up in India Five years after entering the Indian e-commerce industry, Amazon dominates the market alongside domestic retailer Flipkart. But that could change with the impending arrival of Walmart. Vasudevan Sridharan reports. India's online retail growing rapidly India's logistics headache India to regain top global GDP growth spot in 2018-19 Amazon adds billions to Indian investment Amazon's 'Gandhi flip-flops' fuel nationalistic sentiment in India Amazon is going big in India Climate change - India battles to balance economy and environment Philippines: Reported HIV subtype is treatable, says UNAIDS official From 2010 to 2016, HIV infections in the Philippines increased by 140 percent — the fastest growing HIV epidemic in the region. DW talks to Louie Ocampo of the UNAIDS about the HIV problem in the Southeast Asian country. HIV crisis in the Philippines AIDS in India: HIV positive activist fights discrimination Aggressive virus subtype behind HIV explosion in the Philippines? Philippines - workers with HIV face discrimination, says HRW Philippines' war on drugs affecting fight against HIV Why HIV infections are rising in the Philippines Dying of shame and AIDS in the Philippines Why are condoms unpopular in India? India's battle against HIV/AIDS still a way to go   © Deutsche Welle 2018