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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's central bank warned on Thursday that the debt repayment burden among vulnerable households could increase sharply as interest rates rise, underlining the growing negati...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices rose for a fourth day on Friday, taking Brent towards three-year highs, as investors focused on tighter supplies amid strong appetite for riskier assets like crude and hig...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Sebastian Pinera unveiled an $82.1 billion draft budget for 2022 on Thursday that he said would begin to tame a ballooning deficit in the world's top copper prod...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said he welcomed Taiwan's application to join a trans-Pacific trade pact this week, citing shared democratic values with the island, which...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares of cash-strapped China Evergrande fell as much as 6% in early trade on Friday, paring gains of nearly 18% the previous day as time ticked by on an interest payment deadlin...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities need to tighten home loan standards to cool a red-hot housing market and reduce risks to the financial system, the IMF warned on Friday, while also calling fo...

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar wallowed near its lowest level in a week versus major peers on Friday, as improved risk sentiment wiped out recent gains amid easing concerns about conta...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The former chairman of China's top liquor maker, Kweichow Moutai, was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison for taking bribes, China's official Xinhua news agency reported. Yuan...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China Evergrande slipped toward a kind of limbo on Friday as time ticked away on an interest payment deadline which global markets are watching for signs of default, leaving inve...

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - Days after completing his historic ride into space as part of the first all-civilian crew to reach Earth orbit, billionaire e-commerce mogul and mission commander Jared Isa...