Some 2.2 million Zimbabweans will need food assistance in the pre-harvest period from January to March next year, the UN food agency said on Tuesday, warning that food security in the southern African country continues to deteriorate.
Home building activity in New Zealand surged by 12 percent in the quarter to the end of March, the highest rate in more than a decade, bringing activity back to pre-Global Financial Crisis levels, the government statistics agency announced Wednesday.
The Australian dollar fell Wednesday after news of disappointing economic growth in the first three months of the year.
Home building activity in New Zealand surged by 12 percent in the quarter to the end of March, the highest rate in more than a decade, bringing activity back to pre-Global Financial Crisis levels.
South Korea's foreign debts declined in the first quarter due to a reduction in short-term debts, offsetting a rise in long-term liabilities.
Malaysia's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow at a moderate pace following the poor Industrial Production Index (IPI) in March, economic analysts said Friday.
Australia's trade balance returned to surplus in March, figures released on Tuesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed.
China launched a communications satellite, "Zhongxing-11", at 0:06 a.m. Thursday (Beijing time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
South Korea's current account surplus almost doubled in March from the prior month thanks to robust exports of IT products such as smartphones and semiconductors, central bank data showed on Monday.
Japan registered its biggest ever trade deficit of 8.17 trillion yen in the 2012 fiscal year through March, according to a preliminary report released by the Finance Ministry on Thursday.
The South Korean government on Wednesday made a formal confirmation that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was behind the March 20 cyber attack that paralyzed computer networks at banks and broadcasters.
Median house price in Perth has reached a new record high of 510,000 AU dollars in the March quarter, according to data released on Tuesday by the Real Estate Institute of WA (REIWA).
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