South Korea's trade surplus in the media content sector surpassed the US$500 million mark for the first time ever last year, on the back of increased overseas sales of popular movies, music and TV drama series, data showed Monday.
Govt document says companies should carry out further efforts to cut capacity
People in Singapore are willing to cough up nearly 1 per cent of their annual income in order to guarantee the absence of transboundary haze for a year, researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found.
One of the heavyweights in the Australian financial industry, AMP has reported a full year 344 million (Australian dollar) net loss on Thursday, with an underlying profit of 486 million (Australian dollars).
Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been accused of buying the 2016 federal election, after he admitted to have donated 1.75 million Australian dollars (1.32 million U.S. dollars) of his own money to the Liberal Party during the eight-week campaign.
Tencent Holdings Ltd's messaging services were by far the most popular mobile apps in China in 2016, leading steady growth in the world's largest internet and smartphone market, a report showed on Sunday.
North American tourists flocked into Britain to take advantage of the weak pound after last year's Brexit vote, but spending by European tourists - far greater in number - slipped compared with a year earlier.
The Year of the Rooster gets a wake-up call from "Kung Fu Panda" when Po and Tigress make their first-ever appearance at the Universal Studio Hollywood's annual Lunar New Year celebration, from this Saturday to Feb.5.
Baidu Map, a desktop and mobile map service, recently advertised vacancies for map information collectors.
South Korean box offices pulled in record-high profit despite the falling number of local moviegoers last year, a result of higher film ticket prices, data showed Thursday.
Oricon has released the top 10 in the box office charts for 2016. Movie Collection listed the top 20 so check out the list below!
Warner Bros and Sony have increased their investments in Hooq, a South East Asian video streaming platform. Hooq is raising a total of $25 million of additional capital.
Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie concert hall opens on Wednesday, delivering one of Germany's most prestigious 21st century cultural projects - albeit some seven years late and busting its budget.
Government agencies in the Philippines have been ordered to offer free contraceptives to an estimated six million women who cannot obtain them.
The 23-minute extravaganza will cost about HK$8 million, paid for by sponsor Unique Timepieces by Halewinner
Escapism ruled at the cinema box office, with nine of top 10 films fantasies, animations or comic adaptations; city’s love of Marvel superheroes in evidence as Captain America conquers all
Vietnamese adults will be required to donate their blood every year, if a proposal by the Health Ministry is approved.
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