LINE, the global mobile messenger service provider, has been extending its online business to the offline platform. Among many services, LINE FRIENDS, which manages the character business of LINE, launched an offline flagship store in Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia (LINE FRIENDS, 2018.01.25)....

Income inequality has become one of the major economic policy issues in developed and developing countries alike. Among ASEAN countries we have witnessed rising income inequality in Indonesia, Lao, Singapore and Vietnam over the recent years while the other ASEAN countries, such as Cambodia,...