• Household debt continues to climb

    Financial authorities see Korea’s household debt mountain growing steeper in the coming months as banks continue to exploit the demand from families struggling to keep up with the rising costs of living. Amid increasing concerns that the historically high level of personal indebtedness is posing a serious threat to the…

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  • Business

    Gaza Strip, 12hrs Black Out Everyday

    Om Sameer, 90, lights a candle in her room during a blackout in Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, on Feb. 11, 2012. Electricity is reported to be cut for 12 hours every day as part of a main power crisis due to the unstable political and economic situation in…

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  • Indonesia-US cooperate in developing ‘unconventional gas’

    Indonesia and the United States on Monday agreed to cooperate in developing “unconventional gas” in Indonesia as the country will learn from its counterpart about technology to develop non fossil fuel. Evita Legowo, director general of Oil and Gas in the Ministry for Energy and Mineral Resources, said in the…

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  • Business

    Sustainable Development is Top Priority

    United Nations (UN) Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon (C) steps into the venue of African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Jan. 30, 2012. When receiving a report presented by UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability on Monday, Ban said that sustainable development is a top priority for his second term…

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  • Sindh province of Pakistan expects US $8 billion Korean investment

    Sindh, the southern province of Pakistan, expects 7 to 8 billion US dollar investment in different sectors including energy, food, tourism and communication up to 2020 from Republic of Korea, as a large number of Korean companies are keen to invest here. Several Korean companies are already here executing different…

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  • About Us

    Message from the UN Secretary General

    It gives me pleasure to convey greeting to the Asia Journalist Association on the launch of AsiaN. This new on-line news service begins work at a time when Asia has emerged as one of the new leaders of the global economy. The region’s prosperity and investment around the world continue…

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