VIENTIANE, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Lao central bank, the Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL), is strengthening foreign exchange management to boost the value of the Lao kip and ensure currency stability, Lao ...

MANILA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines registered 694,821 deaths in 2023, a 2.2 percent increase from 679,766 deaths registered in 2022, the Philippine Statistics Agency (PSA) said Friday. "This ...

SINGAPORE, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Business sentiment in Singapore's manufacturing sector remains positive despite ongoing uncertainties in geopolitics and the global economy, according to a survey by the ...

Data from this year's online shopping festival reveals a growing willingness among Chinese consumers to spend on products that are "tastier," "healthier" and "fresher," according to Zhang Peng, ...

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Police in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province have rounded up 21 drug-addicted people recently and sent them to a rehabilitation center, provincial ...

According to sources familiar with the matter, Honda has been pushing Nissan to accelerate its restructuring efforts. In November, Nissan announced plans to cut 9,000 jobs worldwide and reduce its ...

Xochimilco, Mexico City, capital of Mexico. "Xochimilco" means "the land of flowers." It was included in the World Heritage ...

The consumer price index (CPI) for Tokyo's 23 wards, excluding fresh food, rose 2.5 percent in January from a year earlier, marking the third consecutive month of accelerating inflation, official data ...

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has seen a 55 percent increase in the number of Chinese tourists in 2024, said a Cambodian Ministry of Tourism's report released on Friday. A total of 848,952 ...

ULAN BATOR, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- A total of 137 forest and steppe fires were reported across Mongolia in 2024, destroying over 1,505,600 hectares of forest and grassland, local media reported on Friday ...

YANGON, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's National Defense and Security Council (NDSC) on Friday extended the state of emergency in the country for six more months, state-run Myanmar Radio and Television ...

ULAN BATOR, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- A three-year-old boy died of meningococcal meningitis disease in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, on Friday, according to the country's National Center for ...