Myanmar's Union Election Commission (UEC) has pledged a free and fair general election in 2015, calling on political parties, civil society organizations and international aid groups to cooperate for the upcoming event, according to the commission Tuesday.
Myanmar and Brunei have mutually exempted visa for ordinary passport holders of the two countries, according to a press statement published Tuesday.
Russia has started interbank transactions with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the Russian ruble, the Ministry for Far East Development said Monday.
The recently reshuffled Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has had its very foundations rocked Monday, following the doubly-whammy of two of the five female ministers he ushered into his inner coterie one month ago both stepping down the day due to money scandals.
Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corporation announced on Monday that it will start production of the anti-influenza drug Avigan Tablets in preparation for a larger number of patients infected with the Ebola virus.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to appoint Yoichi Miyazawa as trade minister to replace Yuko Obuchi who quitted from the post early Monday, reported Japan's NHK.
Vietnam has carried out nearly 8,000 administrative inspections and 190,000 specialized ones in the fight against corruption since the beginning of 2014, said Huynh Phong Tranh, Vietnam's inspector general.
South Korea's central government debts hit an all-time high in August as it increased fiscal expenditure to boost the sluggish economy, a government report showed Tuesday.
South Korea's central government debts hit an all-time high in August as it increased fiscal expenditure to boost the sluggish economy, a government report showed Tuesday.
Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower early Tuesday morning on selling after a nearly 4-percent rally the previous day.
Possibilities cannot be ruled out that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has recently heightened tensions near the inter-Korean border area to protest against South Korean civic groups flying anti-DPRK leaflets across the border, Seoul's defense ministry said Monday.
Vietnam's import-export trade value reached over 217.48 billion U.S. dollars in the first three quarters of this year, up 13 percent, or 24.99 billion U.S. dollars more than last year's corresponding period, according to the General Department of Customs on Monday.
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has set the minimum investment for the country's new Special Economic Zones at 150 million U.S. dollars, local media reported on Monday.
The Deutsche Bank AG (London) and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFG Ltd., has agreed to provide a credit facility of 162 million U.S. dollars to the Sri Lankan government, a statement said here on Monday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's newly launched cabinet on Monday was jolted by resignations of two female ministers over their political funds scandal, with the prime minister seeing the appointments of the two resigning officials as his responsibilities.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday accepted resignation of Justice Minister Midori Matsushima who tendered the quit letter earlier in the day due to alleged election law violation, reported local media.
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