TEHRAN (ANA)- The unemployment rate in the Philippines increased to 4.1 percent in May from 4 percent in April, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Foreign investors bought South Korean stocks for the eighth successive month due to the government's ban on stock short-selling, financial watchdog data showed.

TEHRAN (ANA)- South Korea's jobless claims fell in three months due to lower demand in the manufacturing, the education service and the wholesale and retail sectors, labor ministry data showed.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The Vietnam's domestic steel industry is seeing a positive growth trend and projected to increase by 7-8 percent this year, Vietnam News reported, citing the Vietnam Steel Association.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Japan saw a record number of people living alone last year, while households with children under the age of 18 reached an all-time low, a government survey showed.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The first half of 2024 saw a significant increase in corporate bankruptcies across Japan, marking the highest level in a decade, a local credit research company reported.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Cambodia attracted fixed-asset investment of 3.25 billion U.S. dollars in the first half (H1) of 2024, surging 195 percent from 1.1 billion dollars in the same period last year, said a Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC)'s report released.

TEHRAN (ANA)- The period of Vietnamese real estate's prosperity will last from the second to the fourth quarter of 2025, Vietnam News reported, citing Nguyen Quoc Anh, deputy general director of the property listing platform Batdongsan.com as saying.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Thailand's headline inflation growth eased in June due to softening food prices and the impact from the low base price of electricity has ended, official data showed.

TEHRAN (ANA)- Japan's unemployment rate remained at 2.6 percent in May for the fourth consecutive month, government data showed.