8+ hour, 38+ min ago  (476+ words) On the evening of March 21, 2026, tens of thousands of fans packed Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul. BTS, the famous K-pop group that had gone quiet for nearly three years while its members served South Korea's mandatory military service, was back....

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (332+ words) Japan's government will call for monetary policy that bolsters private demand, a draft of its long-term economic blueprint reviewed by Reuters showed, signalling a preference for keeping borrowing costs low and setting up potential policy tensions with the central bank....

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (283+ words) India's ongoing trade negotiations with the European Union and the United States are unlikely to deliver easy gains, according to development economist Dr Biswajit Dhar, who argues that structural weaknesses in Indian manufacturing, agriculture and regulatory standards could complicate the…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (130+ words) For decades, India's economic story was powered by a simple but powerful idea: aspiration. As incomes rose, Indians travelled more, upgraded faster, bought homes, changed smartphones more frequently and embraced the belief that tomorrow would be better than today. But…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (373+ words) Australia's independent wage-setting body on Tuesday said the country's 2. 8 million lower-paid workers will get a 4. 75% pay rise from July, a number that some analysts say could further stoke inflationary pressures. The Fair Work Commission said the minimum wage will rise…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (116+ words) Undoubtedly, India's Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) transformed the country over the last decade. Aadhaar gave over a billion Indians a digital identity; UPI revolutionised payments; more than 50 crore citizens entered the formal banking system in under a decade'a process that…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (158+ words) Strat News Global India has undertaken one of the most significant upgrades to its economic measurement system in decades. The rebasing of GDP and CPI may appear technical on the surface'but beneath it lies a much bigger story: India's economy…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (46+ words) British companies are experiencing their sharpest broad-based decline in activity in over a year, as the economic impact of the Iran conflict and domestic political uncertainty weighs on sentiment, a survey released on Thursday showed. PMI Signals First Contraction Since…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (408+ words) China's economic growth slowed in April, as industrial production weakened and retail sales fell to their lowest level in more than three years. The world's second-largest economy is facing mounting pressure from rising energy costs linked to the Iran war,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (248+ words) China has agreed to address American concerns over shortages of critical rare earth minerals caused by Beijing's export controls, according to a White House factsheet released after last week's summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The…...