SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- South Korean banks' household lending growth slowed last month due to the faltering real estate market, central bank data showed Monday.

VIENTIANE, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Over 255,000 people have been affected by natural disasters so far this year, in which 32 people were injured, 12 people were killed and one person is still missing, ...

LES SABLES-D'OLONNE, France, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- As the first-ever Chinese skipper to compete in the Vendee Globe, Xu Jingkun set off from the port of Les Sables-d'Olonne on Sunday in the 10th edition ...

BEIJING, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Commerce announced on Monday it will impose temporary anti-dumping measures on certain brandy imports originating from the European Union (EU), ...

Shigeru Ishiba was reelected as the country's prime minister on Monday after securing the most votes in both houses of the Japanese Diet. The Diet, or parliament, convened an extraordinary session ...

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BEIJING, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, gained 3.05 percent to close at 2,392.44 points Monday. The ChiNext Index, together with the ...

Ms. Shou Xiaoli, director general of the Press Bureau of the State Council Information Office (SCIO) and spokesperson of the SCIO ...

As the first-ever Chinese skipper to compete in the Vendee Globe, Xu Jingkun set off from the port of Les Sables-d'Olonne on Sunday in the 10th edition of the legendary solo, non-stop, ...

BEIJING, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- China and Laos will hold the "Peace Train-2024" humanitarian medical rescue exercise in Laos later this month, China's Ministry of National Defense announced on Monday.

TOKYO, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed on Monday amid a risk-off mood as Japan's lower house held a runoff vote to choose the prime minister for the first time in three decades. Japan's ...

JAKARTA, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Semeru volcano, located in East Java, Indonesia, erupted again early on Monday at 03:35 a.m. local time, spewing thick gray ash up to 1 kilometer above its summit.