Samsung Electronics, one of the world 's major maker of smartphones, memory chips and TVs, said Wednesday that its third-quarter operating profit rose for four straight quarters, topping analysts' estimates.
The Chinese women's volleyball team is on the road to a great rejuvenation after their emphatic fourth World Cup victory.
Sri Lanka's ruling United National Front (UNF) secured a clean win over the opposition United People' s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) in the parliamentary polls held in the island nation on Monday.
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei was on Monday announced as the winner of the prize for the "European Consumer Smartphone 2015/2016" in recognition of its Huawei P8 smartphone.
South Korea on Friday finalized supplementary budget plan for the second half at 11.8 trillion won (10.5 billion U.S. dollars) to boost the lackluster economy caused by sluggish exports, a long spell of drought and the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
Chinese film "The Dead End" became a bigger winner with the best director and best actor awards at the 18th Shanghai International Film Festival, which ended on Sunday.
Mexico's ruling center-right Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) maintained its majority lead following Sunday's midterm elections, but the opposition made significant inroads, the preliminary count showed Monday.
"Wolf Totem" director Jean Jacques Annaud won the Tiantan Award for Best Director as the fifth Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) closed on Thursday night.
Incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged early Wednesday as the decisive winner of Israel's parliamentary election, showed official results after 99 percent of the ballots having been counted.
South Korean shares fell sharply Monday on concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve may hike interest rates earlier than anticipated after better-than-expected employment data.
Swimmer Ning Zetao and tennis superstar Li Na won the Best Male and Female Athletes of the Year resepectively at the prestigious China's Central Television (CCTV) Sports Awards here on Sunday.
A market to directly trade currencies of South Korea and China, rather than brokering the two currencies with the U.S. dollar, was opened here in Seoul Monday, taking its first step toward Chinese yuan's internationalization efforts in Northeast Asia.
YG Entertainment, which manages South Korean boy band Big Bang, is at crossroads as the talent agency is stretching beyond music business into fashion and cosmetics by the use of popularity of its artists such as "Gangnam Style" rapper Psy and girl group 2NE1.
YG Entertainment, which manages South Korean boy band Big Bang, is at crossroads as the talent agency is stretching beyond music business into fashion and cosmetics by the use of popularity of its artists such as "Gangnam Style" rapper Psy and girl group 2NE1.
South Korean shares rose for five straight sessions Thursday as Samsung Electronics announced a plan to buy back shares worth 2.2 trillion won (about 2 billion U.S. dollars) in the previous day.
Big businesses in South Korea, which had already depended heavily on China for their revenue, raised dependence on the world's No.2 economy in recent years for sales growth, a local corporate data provider said Tuesday.
Foreigners have sold South Korean stocks for two months in a row as the local currency's fall to the U.S. dollar fueled worries about foreign exchange losses, financial watchdog data showed Monday.
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