The fertility rate fell to 1.91 last year, below the "replacement" threshold of 2.1 births per woman considered necessary to keep a population stable. The shift follows decades of rapid economic ...
Vietnam Aug exports keep strong, PM warns of mounting inflation pressure
Vietnam's exports in August rose 14.5% from a year earlier to $43.39 billion, government data showed on Saturday, the first trade figures since a tariff of 20% on shipments to the United States took ...
Philippines extends land leases to 99 years to attract foreign investors
Foreign investors in the Philippines will be able to lease private land for up to 99 years under a law signed this week, as the country looks to be more competitive in attracting offshore funding for ...
Japan’s Prince Hisahito is the first male royal to reach adulthood in 40 years. He may be the last
Japan's Prince Hisahito is the first male royal to reach adulthood in 40 years, highlighting the challenges facing the world's oldest monarchy.
Half a million people flee their homes in Pakistan’s Punjab to escape flooding
Rivers are swelling to dangerous levels in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, forcing more than half a million people to flee their homes in the past 24 hours, officials said Thursday. The latest ...
Malaysia 7.9 Billion Embedded Finance Markets, 2020-2021 & 2022-2029: …
Malaysia's Embedded Finance industry is expected to grow by 74.5% on annual basis to reach US$1,151.0 million in 2022.The embedded finance industry is expected to grow steadily over the forecast ...
Takaful Malaysia share-price correction justified
Elevated tax rates, maiden finance costs and the expanded sales and service tax implementation may cap Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Keluarga Bhd's (Takaful Malaysia) earnings growth potential in the ...
Malaysia’s Daim, reformist ex-finance minister, dies at 86 – Yahoo
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia's Daim Zainuddin, an influential two-times finance minister who led major economic reforms and helped steer the Southeast Asian nation through recessions and the ...
Aid agencies tell countries to send funds to help Afghanistan after earthquake
Aid agencies on Wednesday urged the international community to increase funding to Afghanistan after a major earthquake killed at least 1,400 people and injured thousands more. Just a few countries ...
Mob violence, extremism pose grave danger to Bangladesh, says BNP
Former premier Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Saturday warned that mob violence has become one of the country’s biggest problems along with the emergence of right wing forces, ...