Samsung Electronics generated 26 percent of total South Korean corporate profits last year, boosting worries about the economy's excessive dependence on a single company.
The Myanmar inland water transport authorities have called for carrying out reform of its business services by running under joint venture with the private sector, according to the Ministry of Transport Thursday.
The troops of India and Pakistan Wednesday violated cease-fire agreement on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, officials said.
Singapore Post announced enhancements to its online service and self-service parcel stations on Wednesday, one day after it unveiled plans to build a modern e-commerce logistics hub.
Tokyo stocks opened sharply lower on early Thursday morning, with its benchmark Nikkei stocks index hitting a 4.5-month low on the dollar's depreciation in New York overnight.
Australians are the richest people in the world thanks to high property prices, according to a study released on Wednesday by investment bank Credit Suisse.
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday are holding military talks at the truce village of Panmunjom, local broadcaster YTN reported.
Japan's leading mobile phone operator NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced Tuesday that it has succeeded in testing a new technology that facilitates connectivity to its service even when communications traffic is heavy.
South Korea posted a trade surplus for 32 months in a row due to solid export growth, customs data showed Wednesday.
South Korea's central bank on Wednesday lowered its policy rate from 2.25 percent to 2 percent, marking the record low and the identical rate maintained during the global financial crisis.
Most Thai rice farmers are used to producing rice for a living on a permanent basis and cannot turn to doing any occupation other than the rice-growing business, said a leading farmer on Monday.
China's electricity generator Huaneng Power International Inc. (HPIC) will pay an aggregate 9.3 billion yuan (about 1.5 billion U.S. dollars) to its parent and connected companies to buy interests of ten power plants, the company said Tuesday.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) pledged to sponsor 11 projects and programs in Vietnam in 2014, with total capital of 1.363 billion U.S. dollars, said the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).
The Lao government aims to generate 15,000 million kWh of electricity in 2015 in a bid to reduce dependence on imports, official Lao news agency KPL reported on Tuesday.
Indian stocks plunged as much as 150 points in trade on Monday, led by losses in ITC, ICICI Bank, L& T and Tata Motors Ltd.
MOSCOW, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- China and Russia on Monday inked a host of cooperation deals ranging from finance and investment to energy and high-speed railways.