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National Bank Of Kyrgyzstan Keeps Key Rate At 13 Percent

BISHKEK, Mar 1 (NNN-KNA) – The Board of the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan, has decided to keep its key rate…

Births In Japan Hit All-Time Low In 2022

TOKYO, Mar 1 (NNN-NHK) – The number of babies born in Japan in 2022 slipped to a record low, falling…

Indonesia Prepares Industrial Park For EV Battery Factories In Kalimantan

JAKARTA, Mar 1 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia is constructing a 16,400-hectare industrial park, in its Kalimantan island, mainly for electric vehicle…

Vietnam Plans Tax Hikes On Health Grounds

HANOI, Mar 1 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s finance ministry is seeking public consensus, on raising special consumption tax on cigarettes, beer…

Roundup: S. Korea’s Export Fell For Fifth Month In Feb

SEOUL, Mar 1 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s export fell for the fifth consecutive month in Feb, leading to a trade…

Indonesia’s Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway Starts Operation, Maintenance, Training Class

JAKARTA, Mar 1 (NNN-ANTARA) – The first training class for operation and maintenance personnel of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR)…

Singapore To Declassify ‘albatross File’

SINGAPORE, March 1 (NNN-Bernama) — Singapore has agreed to declassify and release documents in the famous “Albatross File”, a file…

India’s GDP Growth Slowed To 4.4 Percent In 4th Quarter, 2022

NEW DELHI, Mar 1 (NNN-PTI) – India’s economic growth rate slowed to 4.4 percent, in the fourth quarter of 2022,…

Cobra Gold 2023 Multinational Exercise Launched In Thailand

RAYONG, Thailand, Mar 1 (NNN-TNA) – The multinational exercise, Cobra Gold 2023, was launched in U-Tapao Thai navy airfield, in…

Myanmar To Allow Football Fans To Enter Stadiums For First Time Since Pandemic

YANGON, Mar 1 (NNN-MNA) – Football fans will be allowed to enter stadiums in Myanmar, for the first time since…