China will push forward with public housing schemes such as low-rent and public rental homes as well as shantytown renovation
Cellphone games have been a goldmine with a short development period, wide promotional channels and strong sales. Meanwhile, public complaints over improprieties in these games have also been increasing fast
South Korea launched a broad range of reform programs on Wednesday to overhaul chronic lax management practices among public agencies, which saw their debts exceed sovereign debts.
A special Diet committee on Thursday approved a controversial state secrecy bill, with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) coalition coming one step closer to having the bill enacted in the Upper House on Friday.
More court cases, especially corruption trials, will make increased use of social media, a spokesman for the Supreme People's Court (SPC) said on Wednesday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Wednesday he planned to set up two separate bodies within the government to ensure a clearer understanding of the designation of state secrets, amid increasing public and political resistance to a secrecy bill the ruling Liberal Democratic Party-led bloc wants enacted Friday.
Hong Kong's Chief Secretary Carrie Lam urged the public to forge a consensus on political reform to achieve universal suffrage in 2017 on Wednesday, after launching a five-month public consultation.
An official with China's authority on handling the public's complaints has pledged reforms in the country's petition system to better redress public grievances.
Japan's ruling coalition on Tuesday pushed a controversial secrecy bill through the lower house of parliament, despite staunch public and political opposition to the bill.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde named Changyong Rhee, the chief economist of the Asian Development Bank, as director of the organization's Asia and Pacific Department, the IMF said Tuesday.
China is to expose intellectual property rights violations to the public, and build a system of real property registration, according to a State Council statement on Wednesday.
Although it might be bad for your health, many in China would rather hold on to nature's call than use a public toilet, as so many are, frankly, disgusting.
Hong Kong's first public housing block in Shek Kip Mei has been converted into a youth hostel and is expected to welcome its first group of guests on Friday.
Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung Thursday announced the formation of a task force led by the chief secretary, which will prepare for the public consultation on constitutional development.
China's national-level government agencies, their affiliated public institutions and local branches will recruit over 19,000 civil servants in 2014, a slight decrease from 2013.
The Chinese public have been voting online about the country's public holidays, with many wanting current arrangements to be changed
An official website opened by the Communist Party of China (CPC)'s discipline agency has received a daily average of 827 tip-offs about corruption since its launch, the website said on Tuesday.
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