BOJ chief flags upside inflation risks, faster hikes possible
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62% of young Koreans expect country to be worse off in 20 years
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Post-Covid job competition surges by 66%: Study
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Parents expect to spend an average of nearly $900 per child on back-to-school shopping this year: GMA/Ipsos Parents Poll
The first-ever GMA/Ipsos Parents poll finds that a majority of parents with children in kindergarten through 12th grade…
World’s second-richest country to give $930 to nearly 7,000 hawkers amid dining crisis
Singapore, ranked the world’s second-richest country by GDP per capita in 2025, will provide S$1,200 (US$930) in rental…
Banks struggle with coin-filled vaults in cashless Korea
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AI-related imports prove to be drag on US growth
The US economy grew more slowly than expected in the second quarter, as AI-related imports weighed on otherwise…
China sets 95% transport goal for 2030, focusing on efficiency and shielding supply chains
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Britain’s quarter century: wealth and widening inequality
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Singapore adds more jobs in Q2 even as retrenchments rose
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Türkiye’s tourism income totals $25.75 billion in first half
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