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Shin Kong Financial Holdings selects DataRobot’s AI Cloud Platform to implement its AI and Data democratization strategies & drive digital transformation goals

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 12 September 2022 – As the wave of new digital technologies continues to sweep the world, Taiwanese financial industry players have embarked on the road of digital transformation. This includes the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) which is intended to give enterprises a data-driven competitive edge.

AI Cloud leader DataRobot announced a collaboration with Shin Kong Financial Holdings today (09/12). Through DataRobot’s AI Cloud Platform and its end-to-end AI and machine learning technology, the collaboration aims at strengthening Shin Kong Financial Group’s AI modeling capabilities through implementation of AI and data democratization strategies for leveraging data science at scale to accelerate digital transformation goals.

DataRobot is one of the most widely deployed AI platforms in the market today, and has provided enterprises with more than 1.4 trillion predictions cumulatively. With DataRobot’s rich automation features which extend to model risk management and model validation, Shin Kong Financial Holdings plans to alleviate tedious and repetitive tasks from the data technology teams, who will in turn, focus on the design and development of innovative products and services.

Shin Kong Financial Holdings will use DataRobot to build, deploy and monitor AI models, to achieve data-driven goals which include:

  • Optimizing existing digital services and improving customer digital experience;
  • Providing accurate and customized recommendations and services by predicting the demand for digital financial products;
  • Implementing AI Citizenship and Data Citizenship.

Sean Race, Vice President of Sales, Asia Pacific, DataRobot, said: “Shin Kong Financial Holdings is one of Asia’s leading financial services organizations. It is our pleasure, and an honour, to cooperate with them to enable AI transformation through building highly sophisticated machine learning models and rapidly deploying automated machine learning technology to drive data-driven operations, product and service decisions.”

DataRobot will support continuous innovation at Shin Kong Financial Holdings and realize the vision of value-based finance through the following methods:

  • Provide a unified AI Cloud platform, allowing users to quickly experiment, execute and deploy AI-model projects;
  • Accelerate the time-to-market of innovative services enabled by AI, such as to assist Shin Kong Financial Holdings and its subsidiaries to better analyze target customers, market segments and new product positioning, and identify the best cross-selling opportunities.

DataRobot’s AI Cloud Platform can handle a large variety of data types, promotes enhanced collaboration amongst various user personas and facilitates continuous optimization of AI ​​models across the AI lifecycle.The DataRobot AI Cloud Platform can be deployed in the cloud or in an on-premises data centre, providing a high degree of risk management through robust security management and controls.

Zhang Weixiong, Senior Associate of Digital Technology Development at Shin Kong Financial Holdings, said: “The emergence of automated machine learning (AutoML) has broken through the limitations of applying machine learning at scale. With the automated model training process, DataRobot combines hyper-automation and data citizenship. These two characteristics effectively help data scientists and practitioners focus on high value business analysis to clarify and solve key problems.”

Zhang Weixiong further explained that AutoML is the first step in the journey towards AI and data citizenship. While Data scientists used to spend a lot of time on manual tasks such as coding, DataRobot now completes model building with a simple point-and-click method. The platform adopts an easy-to-navigate graphical user interface which reduces the barrier of entry and learning curve for data citizens to get started – thereby improving the efficiency of cross-team collaboration and communication. Furthermore, extensive automation of the end-to-end model building, validation, deployment and management processes drastically reduces the development time of AI models.

William Su, CEO of Perform Global Inc (PGi), said: “We were the first partner of DataRobot in Taiwan. During the four consecutive years of cooperation, we saw how DataRobot became the first choice for major enterprises in Taiwan to accelerate the road to AI. As DataRobot’s Enterprise AI Cloud serves the needs of both beginners and advanced users, DataRobot can meet the diverse needs of different Taiwanese enterprises at their different stages of AI maturity. I am very happy to work with DataRobot to empower Shin Kong Financial Holdings and its subsidiaries internally and externally with AI – implementing new AI operations and activating data monetization opportunities through the easiest and most effective way.”

Hashtag: #DataRobot

About DataRobot 

DataRobot AI Cloud is the next generation of AI. DataRobot’s AI Cloud vision is to bring together all data types, all users, and all environments to deliver critical business insights for every organization. DataRobot is trusted by global customers across industries and verticals, including a third of the Fortune 50. For more information, visit

Laos Beats Guam 3-0 on Home Ground in AFC U20 Asian Cup Qualifiers

Laos takes 3-0 victory against Guam at the AFC U-20 Asian Cup football competition
Laos takes 3-0 victory against Guam at the AFC U-20 Asian Cup football competition (Laos Football Federation)

Laos scored a 3-0 victory against Guam at the Laos National Stadium in Vientiane on Saturday evening during the AFC U20 Asian Cup Qualifier Group C match.

BeaRex To Hold a 10,000 USDT Giveaway in Honor of Its Beta Game Launch on Web and Telegram

DUBAI, UAE – Media OutReach – 12 September 2022 – BeaRex, a vibrant blockchain runner that has combined GameFi’s Free2Play and Play2Earn, is launching a beta version of the game on its website and Telegram starting September 5th. To celebrate this event, from September 12 to September 26, 2022, the team will hold a giveaway with 10,000 USDT prize fund among beta version players on these two platforms.

How to play BeaRex and take part in the contest on Telegram and Web?

Starting Monday, the BeaRex demo game will be available to play on the website, as well as in the @BeaRex_bot on Telegram, where the project’s team will hold daily challenges with rewards. They will award prizes in three categories:

  • Game Winners – $150 for 5 winners every day.
  • The best referral program participant – $150 for each of 5 people who attracted more referrals to the game through the site or Telegram every day.
  • Daily quests, each with its own reward.

The total prize fund of the competition is 10.000 USDT. Both the web and Telegram versions of the game are fully synchronized, so they will be identical. Players need to get verified through Twitter if they play on the website.

Hashtag: #BeaRex

The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

About BeaRex

BeaRex is an ecosystem brand that combines four business lines.

  • Play-and-Earn game. A feature of Play&Earn is the combination of Free-to-Play and Play-to-Earn formats. By default, the game is completely free, but if players wish, they can switch to earning mode. To do this, players need to buy an NFT Bear, which makes it possible to farm in-game resources and then exchange them for TripCoins. The Bear purchased can be the one played in free mode, so by turning it into NFT, players save all their progress in the game.
  • Licensing in such categories as food, health, pet and beauty products, toys and stationery, publishing, etc.
  • An educational platform for user-generated content with BeaRex characters.

The team encourages everyone to enjoy the game and take part in the competition. The final winners will be announced on , and .

Movie + NFT, a New Entertainment Paradigm Jointly Offered by TXPC (Shanghai) Network Technologies and Art Tokyo Global

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 12 September 2022 – TXPC (Shanghai) Network Technologies Co., Ltd (“TXPC”) and the Singapore-based company, Art Tokyo Global Pte Ltd (“ATG”), entered into a cooperation agreement. Under this agreement, both companies will jointly market the first ever “Immersive NFT Art Film” SHIP produced by ATG, distribute the digital collectibles shown in the film, and collaborate on other strategic activities in combining movies and the Metaverse/NFTs in China. The SHIP film is revolutionary in delivering interactivity to enable movie lovers to interact with the film at cinemas or in their homes. The cinematography and user interactivity used in the film are new inventions to set a new milestone in the movie industry. Both parties will use blockchain and Web 3.0 technologies to promote the digitization of film & television and other artworks, introduce premium foreign artworks into China, and disseminate Chinese culture to the world.

The ATG executive team members from Japan and China were invited by Singapore National Arts Council (NAC) and The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) to visit Singapore in August 2022. During the visit, both IMDA and NAC expressed interest in partnership with ATG to support the world premiere of the SHIP film and its plan to produce the SHIP film sequel in Singapore in 2023.

Established in 2013, TXPC has been providing online ticketing and marketing services for its 6 million members of regular movie-goers, China’s film industry, and more than 1,000 movie theaters with multiple screening auditoriums across China. Shanghai Film Corporation is a major shareholder of TXPC. TXPC created a new brand “Orange King Kong” in 2022 for its new business strategy of combining the strengths of premium entertainment content, Web 3.0 technologies, and experiential marketing services to provide high-quality, all-round digital entertainment solutions to their clients.

Mr. Naohiko KISHI, Chairman and Executive Producer of ATG, said, “We believe that the development of Web 3.0 technologies will provide more possibilities for film & television, music, dancing, and other forms of art, in the greater context of digitalization of the entertainment industry and digitally-enabled economy.” This cooperation therefore will have critical importance for introducing a new entertainment paradigm combining movies and NFTs and revolutionizing the entire industry.

Hashtag: #ArtTokyoGlobal

Square Enix Joins Oasys Gaming Blockchain, To Explore Development of New Blockchain Games

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 12 September 2022 – Oasys, an environmentally-friendly, gaming-optimised Proof-of-Stake blockchain built for gamers by gamers, today announced that Square Enix, a global entertainment conglomerate, has joined its project as the final of 21 initial node validators on its platform.

As part of this initiative, Square Enix and Oasys will explore the feasibility of harnessing user contributions in the development of new games on the Oasys blockchain.

Square Enix is one of the most established integrated entertainment companies in the world and is the publisher behind many iconic video game franchises.

Square Enix has announced earlier in the year that a major strategic theme for the company going forward would be to explore the development of decentralised games, with tokenised economies built on the blockchain, launching its own Blockchain Entertainment Business division in April 2022.

Yosuke Saito, Director, Square Enix Blockchain Entertainment Division, said: “We are excited to join the Oasys team and others in the gaming community on this project. Our shared enthusiasm for Web3 gaming makes this an exciting partnership for us and we look forward to gaining insights that can advance the creation of all-new gameplay experiences for gamers across the globe.”

Daiki Moriyama, Director, Oasys, said: “To partner with a respected and ambitious gaming company such as Square Enix, helps us to accelerate our collective mission to bring blockchain gaming to the masses. With our partnership, we will be able to truly bring new experiences and empower gaming fans from all backgrounds while helping to establish the next stage of growth for blockchain entertainment.”

Square Enix is the latest and last major gaming publisher to join Oasys’ blockchain, which already enjoys strong institutional backing from other initial validators including the likes of Bandai Namco Research, SEGA, Ubisoft, Netmarble, WeMade, Com2uS and Yield Guild Games. With the support of both traditional and crypto-native gaming partners in the industry, Oasys will continue to focus on building better experiences and shaping the future of blockchain gaming.

Hashtag: #Oasys #SquareEnix

About Square Enix Co., Ltd.

Square Enix Co., Ltd. develops, publishes, distributes and licenses SQUARE ENIX® and TAITO® branded entertainment content around the world. The Square Enix group of companies includes a global network of leading development studios and boasts a valuable portfolio of intellectual property, including: FINAL FANTASY®, which has sold over 173 million units worldwide; and DRAGON QUEST®, which has sold over 85 million units worldwide; and the legendary SPACE INVADERS®. Square Enix Co., Ltd. is a Japan-based, wholly owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.

More information on Square Enix Co., Ltd. can be found at

About Oasys
Led by a team of blockchain experts and joining forces with the biggest gaming company names to serve as the initial validators, Oasys is revolutionising the gaming industry with its EVM compatible and Proof-of-Stake (PoS) based eco-friendly blockchain. With a focus on creating an ecosystem for gamers and developers to distribute and develop blockchain-based games, Oasys solves the problems game developers face when building games on the blockchain. The trifecta approach of the fastest network powered by the gaming community, a scalable network powered by AAA game developers, and the blockchain offering the best user experience with fast transactions and free gas fees for users, readies participants to enter the Oasys and play.

For more information, please visit.

Vientiane Railway Station Announces Overnight Parking and Toilet Facilities

Vientiane Railway Station
Vientiane Railway Station at dusk.

The Laos-China Railway Company has announced an upgrade to facilities at Vientiane Railway Station that will secure overnight parking and public toilets.

Government Celebrates Success of Nang Noi Girls’ Groups Project in Namor

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), organized a dissemination workshop on the achievements of Nang Noi Girls’ Groups Project (NNGGs). 

The Nang Noi-Girls’ Groups programme is one of the key interventions under the Noi approach. It started in 2017, in Savannakhet and was extended to Bokeo and Oudomxay provinces. In 2020, Nang Noi Girls Group project started in Namor district of Oudomxay with co-financing from KOICA. Adolescent girls aged 10 to 14 years old participated in life skills sessions to improve their knowledge of sexual and reproductive health, fighting social norms, financial literacy and learning about adolescent youth-friendly services access. 

Dr. Sisouk Vongvichit, Vice Minister of Education and Sports,  highlighted the importance of this multi-sectoral partnership with UNFPA and KOICA to work jointly for girls empowerment: “Adolescent girls are exposed to many vulnerabilities, to address them we must empower adolescent girls and that’s why the Nang Noi Girls Groups Project is important. With UNFPA and KOICA’s support, the MoES aims to scale up activities to other districts: remote ones, where there are many ethnicities and poor villages. Our aim is to support access to vocational training and combat harmful cultural beliefs.”

Laos has a young population with over half of it below 25 years of age. Young women and young men are the driving force for the economic development, social welfare and prosperity of the country. Investments in human capital are crucial to empower and create opportunities for girls to learn and continuously benefit from access to information, to be able to decide for their bodies and to gain skills that prepare them to enter adult age and working spheres.

Ms. Mariam A. Khan, UNFPA Representative to Laos reiterated UNFPA’s support to the Government of Laos to achieve the ICPD25 (the International Conference on Population and Development) commitments to make comprehensive sexuality education available nationwide to adolescents and young people. She said: “Investing in adolescent girls to gain life skills through a full cycle of 40 sessions will result in fewer early marriages, fewer adolescent pregnancies and increase in bodily autonomy through knowledge of Sexual Reproductive Health and gender equity,  which in turn will lead to more opportunities for economic empowerment for the girls, their families and  communities, leading to growth and prosperity of the country.”

Since 2020, the project has successfully established Nang-Noi Girls Groups in 63 villages of Namor District. NNGGs Project trained 126 female mentors and 126 male peer educators aged 15-24 and they delivered essential life skills to 1,200 adolescent girls and 1,200 boys from Namor district. Awareness campaigns on the prevention of early marriage, adolescent pregnancy, school dropout, and gender-based violence were organized with the active participation of over 6,000 people, including village chiefs, parents, teachers, mentors, peer educators, boys, and girls. 

In addition, the capacity of 52 trainers and teachers, 22 healthcare providers and 55 national, provincial, and district officials were strengthened to facilitate project activities, deliver youth-friendly health services and empower adolescent girls.

Ms. Myungjin Kim, KOICA Country Director highlighted the importance of working on gender equality. She said: “Nang Noi groups is a project that contributes to ensuring women and girls’  protection. It represents an important intervention of KOICA’s strategic plan. I am pleased to see the remarkable results in terms of gaining life skills and understanding sexual and reproductive health and rights.” 

Heavy Rainfall Leads to Flash floods, Overflowing Canals in Bangkok

Photo Courtesy: Royal Thai Police

This week, Bangkok has received some of the heaviest rainfall in the last two decades and residents have been warned that the weather is unlikely to improve until Monday.