New customs data on Wednesday shows China's foreign trade is picking up. Trade volume grew by 15.7 percent year on year in April, faster than the 12.1 percent increase in March.
South Korea's foreign reserves stayed at a record level due to the continued rise in investment returns and an increase in conversion value of non-dollar denominated assets, central bank data showed Monday.
China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) lost their position as the most profitable sector and became the country's biggest losers last year, according to the annual results listed companies reported for 2012.
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.
China's largest oil refiner Sinopec saw net profits return to strong growth in the first quarter of 2013, while the country's top oil and gas producer PetroChina reported a decline in profits, company statements showed Thursday.
China Everbright Bank will resume its initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong by issuing up to 12 billion H-shares, the bank announced Wednesday.
Japan has been stepping up its economic activities in Myanmar since the beginning of this year, especially after the visit of Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso, a highest-ranking Japanese official to have come to Myanmar since a civilian government is installed in the Southeast Asian nation.
China plans to raise its defense budget by 10.7 percent to 720.2 billion yuan (114.3 billion U.S. dollars) in 2013, according to a budget report to be reviewed by the national legislature.
Global miner BHP Billiton's boss Marius Kloppers will retire as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a director of the company on May 10 and Andrew Mackenzie will replace him as the mining giant's new CEO, the board of BHP Billiton announced on Wednesday.
Japan External Trade Organization ( JETRO) released a report Tuesday saying that Japan's total trade with China dropped 3.3 percent to 333.664 billion U.S. dollars in 2012.
The Hongyanhe nuclear power station, the first nuclear power plant and largest energy project in northeast China, started operation on Sunday afternoon.
Thai billionaire Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi was one more step closer to taking over Singapore-listed conglomerate Fraser and Neave (F&N) on Monday, as his rival bidder dropped out of a rare auction.
China's film industry earned about 16.8 billion yuan(2.69 billion U.S. dollars) in the box office in 2012, with domestic movies contributing less than half of the revenue, the Chongqing Economic Times reported on Thursday.
Hong Kong has secured the position as the fourth largest IPO venue in the world, according to a report released on Tuesday by Deloitte, one of the four major accounting firms.
After a weakened IPO activity in Greater China in 2012 due to lack of maga deals, Ernst & Young expects China's IPO market to pick up in 2013 as the global economy recovers and the government's supportive policies starts to take effect, the accounting firm said here on Wednesday.
The Finance Ministry said, the overall exports fell 6.5 percent to 5,150 billion yen from the previous year, for the fifth straight month of decline.
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