The growing scale of economic disruption amid volatility in financial markets as a result of the COVID-19 means urgent steps are required in order to restore business confidence.
For Samsung, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were going to be its springboard to attain a long-held goal - making significant inroads into Japan's lucrative smartphone market.
Taiwan has launched a controversial mobile phone-based "electronic fence" that uses location-tracking to ensure people who are quarantined stay in their homes.
