Japan's population has dwindled for 15 consecutive years, as fewer people marry and have children. About 30 percent of Japanese are now 65 or older, compounding the demographic challenge and dragging ...

South Korea’s birth rate increased for the first time in nine years in 2024. Some 238,300 babies were born last year, an increase of 8,300 from a year earlier, South Korea’s statistics agency said on ...

At least 40 Uyghurs have been deported to China,Thai authorities have confirmed, despite warnings from rights groups they ...

The vice chairman of a government committee on aging perceives the ‘rebound as an important step to reverse the long-term ...

In the past 20 years, tobacco use has dropped by one-third globally, and there are an estimated 118 million fewer tobacco users today compared with 2005. Why? In large part because 20 years ago this ...

Seek, an advanced artificial model designed for complex reasoning and natural language processing, complete with its Chinese ...

From January to September 2024, 227,656 TEUs arrived in Poland, 154 percent more than last year, and 21,000 TEUs were ...

THIMPHU – Bhutan, a country with one of the world’s richest freshwater resources, is paradoxically grappling with severe water shortages in many regions. Despite an estimated 80 billion cubic meters ...

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