TEHRAN (ANA)- South Korea's births grew for the second successive month, easing worry about the Asian country's population fall, statistical office data showed.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Malaysia's gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to expand by 5.8 percent in the second quarter of 2024, up from 4.2 percent in the previous quarter, based on advance estimates by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM).

TEHRAN (ANA)- Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan plan to increase bilateral trade to 2 billion U.S. dollars, the press service of the president of Uzbekistan said.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Cambodia's trade with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) countries reached 16.9 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of 2024, up 14 percent from 14.8 billion dollars over the same period in 2023, said a Ministry of Commerce's report.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Japan logged 3,135,600 foreign visitors in June, the highest number ever recorded for a single month, government data has showed.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Cambodia's trade with its fellow ASEAN member states hit 7.96 billion U.S. dollars during the first half of 2024, up 11.6 percent from 7.13 billion dollars over the same period 2023, said a report from the Ministry of Commerce.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Vietnam has shipped abroad 142,586 tons of pepper worth 634.2 million U.S. dollars in the first six months of 2024, down 6.8 percent in volume but up 30.5 percent in value over the same period last year, Vietnam News Agency cited the Vietnam Pepper and Spice Association as saying.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The Sri Lankan government has signed 35 investment agreements so far in 2024 and the Ministry of Investment Promotion has already met the annual investment target set by the Ministry of Finance, State Minister of Investment Promotion Dilum Amunugama said.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Malaysia's manufacturing sales grew 5.5 percent year on year to 154.9 billion ringgit (33.16 billion U.S. dollars) in May, official data showed.

TEHRAN (ANA)- India's factory activity growth, determined by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), grew 5.9 percent in May, government data showed.