A record number of overseas visitors arrived in New Zealand last month, led by arrivals from the United States and Japan, the government statistics agency announced Monday.
South Korea's job growth slowed down for three straight months, bolstering concerns that the ferry sinking disaster had a negative effect on employment data, or the lagging indicator which reflects economic conditions with a certain time gap, a government report showed Wednesday.
South Korea's information and telecommunications technology (ICT) exports reduced last month due to less working days, but the industry kept its surplus trend, contributing much to trade surplus in the overall industry, a government report showed Tuesday.
Confidence among South Korean consumers fell to the lowest in eight months as one of the country 's worst maritime disasters dampened willingness to consume, central bank data showed Tuesday.
India's general elections began Monday, with voting starting in two northeastern states of Assam and Tripura in the first of the nine-phase polling over six weeks.
South Korea's consumer price inflation fell last month to the lowest in around 14 years due to a fall in farm goods and oil product prices.
U.S. stocks continued to rally on Friday, with the S&P 500 closing above the 1,600 milestone level and the Dow hitting 15,000 points for the first time in history.
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