Tag: Asia

• Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 08:54 UTC

  “Fall armyworms” have reached Asia and are munching crops; FAO meeting to address the challenge

  

  Farming in several Asian countries is under threat from a type of crop-damaging insect that has munched its way from the Americas and across Africa, the United Nations' food agency said on Wednesday as global experts commence a three-day meeting to discuss ways to limit the damage.

• Tuesday, March 5th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  World markets fall as China cuts its economic growth target

  

  Asian shares stepped back on Tuesday after China cut its economic growth target and pledged measures to support the economy amid growing challenges from rising debt and a dispute over trade and technology with the United States. Australian shares dropped 0.6% while South Korea's Kospi lost 0.5%. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dipped 0.2% and Japan's Nikkei dropped 0.3%.

• Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 18:59 UTC

  World Peace devoted NGO connects states and citizens for peaceful development in Asia-Pacific

  

  As an international NGO associated with the UN ECOSOC, Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) works to connect states and citizens
 for peaceful development in Asia and the Pacific. Based on South Korea, where the recent scent of peace sprang out, the NGO focuses on 3 unique approaches to peacebuilding.

• Wednesday, February 20th 2019 - 10:27 UTC

  Macri in Vietnam for a three-day visit to promote trade and businesses

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri started an official State visit to Việt Nam on Wednesday to deepen the bilateral strategic partnership. The three-day visit, which comes at the invitation of President Nguyễn Phú Trọng, is evidence of the importance of Việt Nam in Argentina’s external policy towards Asia in general and Southeast Asia in particular, especially after the Latin American nation signed the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) in August 2018, Vietnam News Agency reported.

• Thursday, February 14th 2019 - 10:22 UTC

  US/China trade talks take off in Beijing with much expectations

  

  United States and Chinese negotiators kicked off two days of official trade talks in Beijing on Thursday as the world's top two economies try to patch up their festering economic dispute. Pressure to seal an accord ahead of a March deadline lessened before the talks as US President Donald Trump indicated on Tuesday in Washington he was open to extending a trade truce, depending on progress in Beijing.

• Thursday, October 11th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

  International tourism industry remains robust with 6% increase in first six months of 2018

  

  According to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)’s latest barometer, international tourist arrivals grew 6% in the first six months of 2018 after a record year of growth in 2017. All world regions enjoyed robust growth in tourist arrivals in January-June 2018. The increase was fueled by strong demand from major source markets, supported by an upswing in the global economy. It comes after record year-round growth of 7% in 2017.

• Thursday, October 11th 2018 - 08:31 UTC

  World Bank unveils “Human Capital Index”: Singapore, South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong top of the list

  

  The World Bank Group unveiled a new system on Thursday to rank countries based on their success in developing human capital, an effort to prod governments to invest more effectively in education and healthcare.

• Tuesday, October 9th 2018 - 08:20 UTC

  China injects more liquidity to lower financing costs and prop the economy

  

  China's central bank announced a steep cut in the level of cash that banks must hold as reserves, stepping up moves to lower financing costs and spur growth amid concerns over the economic drag from an escalating trade dispute with the United States.

• Friday, October 5th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  Trump's strategy for midterm elections: China meddling in US politics, the villain

  

  Vice-president Mike Pence on Thursday accused China of military aggression, commercial theft and rising human rights violations as he cast the Asian power as a villain bent on interfering in upcoming US elections.

• Wednesday, June 20th 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  Kim in China underlines “friendship, unity and cooperation” with Beijing

  

  Kim Jong Un declared North Korea's unstinting “friendship, unity and cooperation” with Beijing during his third visit to China this year, in a show of loyalty to his main ally following a landmark summit with US President Donald Trump.