Japan's unemployment rate fell below 4.0 percent for first time since October 2008 to 3.9 percent in June from the previous month, according to the Japanese government Tuesday.
The Indonesian police have already turned over the result of their investigation to the Environment Ministry pointing to two Malaysian-owned firms as having started the forest fire in Sumatra, triggering heavy smog in neighboring Singapore and Malaysia.
Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Forces (MSDF) grounded its newly equipped P-1 patrol planes due to engine failure, local media reported Thursday, citing the country' s defense ministry.
South Korea's finance ministry said Tuesday that it earmarked 17.3 trillion won (15 billion U.S. dollars) in extra budget this year to boost the sluggish economy in the early period of new presidency under President Park Geun- hye.
Vietnam's Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed that the retirement age for certain types of workers should be increased by five years.
China's railways carried a record number of passengers on the first day of 2013 due to a surge in the number of middle- and short-distance travelers during the three-day New Year holiday, the Ministry of Railways said Thursday.
The ministry will stop the current practice of listing the top students for the primary school leaving examination (PLSE), the O- Level and the N-Level examinations, Channel NewsAsia quoted the ministry as saying.
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