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China's express delivery sector posts fast growth in 2024

AKP Phnom Penh, January 09, 2025-- China's courier sector handled 174.5 billion parcels in 2024, a surge of 21 percent year on year, the State Post Bureau (SPB) announced on Wednesday. The sector's total revenue expanded 13 percent year on year to 1.4 trillion yuan (about 195 billion U.S. dollars)...

CPC calls for confidence, perseverance in fight against corruption

AKP Phnom Penh, January 09,2025-- The disciplinary body of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has called for confidence and perseverance in the protracted war against corruption as the current situation remains grave and complex. The call was made in a communique adopted at the fourth plenary sess...

All-out rescue efforts underway following Xizang 6.8-magnitude quake

AKP Phnom Penh, January 08 2025-- Rescuers conduct rescue work at a village in Changsuo Township of Dingri County in Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 7, 2025. A total of 95 people have been confirmed dead and 130 others injured as of 3 p.m. Tuesday, after a 6.8-magnitu...

(LEAD) (CES 2025) SK Telecom to launch beta service of AI agent for N. America in March

AKP Phnom Penh, January 08,2025-- SK Telecom Co. said Tuesday it will begin a beta service of its artificial intelligence agent "aster" in March, targeting North American customers. The company opened beta registration for aster during CES 2025, which kicked off Tuesday for a four-day run in Las V...

S. Korea logs current account surplus for 7th month in Nov

AKP Phnom Penh, January 08,2025-- South Korea reported a current account surplus for the seventh consecutive month in November on the back of solid sales of semiconductors, central bank data showed Wednesday. The country's current account surplus reached US$9.3 billion in November, narrowing from...

Berggruen Holdings ready to cooperate with Vietnam in workforce training: Chairman

AKP Phnom Penh, January 08,2025-- Berggruen Holdings is willing to cooperate with, invest in, and support Vietnam in personnel training, affirmed Founder and Chairman of the US-based company Nicolas Berggruen while he and Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at the Columbia University N...

Dupnitsa Marks 81st Anniversary of WWII Bombing

AKP Phnom Penh, January 06, 2024 — The town of Dupnitsa Saturday marked the 81st anniversary of its bombing during World War II (1939-1945), the Town Hall said. A prayer was said in front of the memorial plaque of the victims in Freedom Square. Mayor Parvan Dangov recalled the events of 81 years...

Nearly 76,180 Enterprises Resume Operations in 2024

AKP Phnom Penh, January 06, 2024 — A total of 76,179 enterprises resumed operations in Vietnam in 2024, according to the Agency for Business Registration under the Ministry of Planning and Investment. On average, 6,348 enterprises returned to operation each month. In December alone, 8,843 e...

Cuba Expects Prompt Signing of Contract with Russia on Fuel

AKP Phnom Penh, January 06, 2024 — A contract between Russia and Cuba granting the island a credit of 60 million dollars for the purchase of fuel will be signed in the next few days, Cuban ambassador Julio Antonio Garmendía reported today. The corresponding agreement has been reached and in th...

S. Korea's foreign reserves hit 5-yr low in Dec. amid strong dollar

AKP Phnom Penh, January 06,2025-- South Korea's foreign reserves rose from a month earlier in December but reached the lowest level in five years in terms of year-end reading, central bank data showed Monday. The country's foreign reserves came to US$415.6 billion as of end-December, up $21 millio...

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