JAKARTA -- Bukalapak, an Indonesian startup valued at over $1 billion, will look to list shares on the country's stock exchange in July, joining fellow unicorns GoTo and Traveloka with its plans to go public.

The e-commerce platform revealed the plans in materials shown to investors in May and recently obtained by Nikkei Asia. Bukalapak said in the presentation that it intends to offer "up to 25% of enlarged capital" but did not reveal details such as how much it hopes to raise from the

YANGON/BANGKOK -- Myanmar's military on Feb. 1 detained State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint in the country's first coup since 1988, bringing an end to a decade of civilian rule.

The Suu Kyi-led National League for Democracy had won a landslide in a general election in November . But the military has claimed the election was marred by fraud.

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HONG KONG -- Embattled Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily confirmed that it will cease publication following the arrest earlier in the day of one of its editorial writers.

The board of directors of Next Digital, Apple's parent company, said in a statement Wednesday afternoon that "due to current circumstances prevailing in Hong Kong," the publication would cease both print and online publication no later than Saturday.

Apple's website, however, reported that Thursday's morning edition would be the paper's last

TOKYO -- Mizuho Financial Group CEO Tatsufumi Sakai appeared before shareholders in an annual general meeting on Wednesday and vowed to transform Japan's third-largest bank following a major computer glitch earlier this year.

Sakai highlighted steady improvements in the company's bottom line, but the whole meeting was overshadowed by the computer glitch, which brought 70% of Mizuho's ATMs to a temporary halt on Feb. 28. It was the third such trouble in Mizuho's 21-year history and a huge

TOKYO -- SoftBank Group Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son brushed off calls from shareholders to boost dividends and buy back more shares at the investment group's annual general meeting on Wednesday, amid a slump in its stock price.

The calls come only a month after SoftBank completed a 2.5 trillion yen ($22.5 billion) buyback and as SoftBank pours more capital into startups. The company committed another $10 billion to Vision Fund 2, bringing its total size to $40 billion, according

PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia's government is facing mounting condemnation after arresting and charging three young activists campaigning for better protection of the country's environment.

Ly Chandaravuth, 22, Sun Ratha, 26, and Yim Leang Hy, 32 were this week remanded in pre-trial detention at Phnom Penh's notorious Prey Sar prison, which is experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak.

The trio, who belong to the group Mother Nature, face charges of conspiracy, known as "plotting" in

TOKYO -- Foxconn's platform for electric vehicles will feature driver assistance technology similar to that used by Tesla and Nissan Motor when it is launched this year, with plans for a higher level of autonomous capability in 2022, a Japanese tech executive involved in the project has told Nikkei Asia.

The plans underline how Foxconn, best known as an assembler of consumer electronics, hopes to challenge established automakers with its MIH "EV open platform" project, which aims to produce a "kit," including software

TOKYO -- Nissan Motor's general shareholders meeting Tuesday spotlighted the struggles of the automaker's alliance with Renault and Mitsubishi Motors, a partnership that initially promised to rival the likes of Toyota Motor and Volkswagen.

Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida apologized to investors for the gap that has opened between Nissan and its rivals, and also for the company's poor earnings.

"If you can wait a little longer, we will get results," he said. "Please give us time."

The Japanese automaker expects a

HONG KONG -- Chinese online grocery startups Missfresh and Dingdong Maicai are headed to Wall Street to boost their firepower to fend off big tech rivals in an intensifying battle over the country's vast fresh produce market.

Both companies filed applications for initial public offerings in the U.S. earlier this month, racing to become the sector's first listed Chinese company. Dingdong aims to raise up to $357 million at a valuation of about $6 billion, according to its prospectus. The company intends to