The number of employed people between 25 and 49, the backbone of Korea's workforce, is falling sharply. The group not only constitute the most productive workforce but are the main consumers.

The proportion of the poor continues to rise while the middle class dwindles. According to Statistics Korea on Sunday, the number of the low-income households with income under 50 percent of the median value was estimated at 3.06 million last year, representing 18.1 percent of the total 16.91 million.

Until the 1990s, the typical career cycle of the average Korean office worker began with an entry-level job at a big company after graduating from university, working hard there for 20 to 30 years and enjoying a nice life after retirement.

China's focus on science and technology is relentless, and it's occurring at all levels of its society. Its labor pool is becoming increasingly sophisticated, its leadership is focused on innovation, and the country is adopting policies designed to pressure U.S. firms to transfer their technology.

BEIJING, July 7 (Xinhua) — Top Chinese political advisor Jia Qinglin Wednesday said emphasis must be put on improving the living standards of Tibetan …

BEIJING — China tried Wednesday to allay concern about the political impact of its $2.5 trillion foreign reserves, saying they are not a "nuclear weapon" to control other nations and its vast holdings of U.S. Treasury debt "should not be politicized."

BEIJING – Authorities in different fields, as well as local governments around China, have been engaged in implementing the central authorities' strategic plans for the far western Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to achieve what authorities have described as leapfrog development and lasting stability.

Cities across India are vying for Obama's attention months ahead of a planned state visit. In November this year President Barack Obama will make his maiden visit to the country that he describes as a rising power and a 21st century center of influence.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — It's a 3.5 million-square kilometer stretch of ocean, speckled with some 200 coral atolls, some submerged or so tiny they hardly deserve to be called islands.

Demise of India's joint family system sparks boom in Florida-style retirement communities.

6.10.10 – BANGKOK — World Cup fever is sweeping across Asia as hundreds of millions of fans in the football-mad region count down to the start of an event that's a surefire winner for pubs, clubs and bookmakers.

BEIJING – Nearly one in ten young Chinese under the age of 17 have some sort of mental disorders, a recent survey suggests.

6.9.10 – TAIPEI, Taiwan — Forget the Foxconn suicide scandal and technology worker rights. At this year's Computex trade show in Taipei, it was all about the hot-selling tablet from Apple.

6.7.10 – China's dismay at a United States strategy in North Asia pursued in cooperation with South Korea gives a short shelf life to the positive reset of relations resulting from a united front on Iran sanctions. Beijing's refusal to blame North Korea over the Cheonan sinking has created well-documented diplomatic friction. The next flashpoint will probably be over Myanmar

6.4.10 – Workers at Foxconn and Honda won hefty pay raises this week. Higher wages will help Beijing move China's economy away from relying on masses of unskilled workers and toward higher-value manufacturing.

6.1.10 – MANILA, Philippines – President-apparent Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III is taking time to rest before his impending inauguration on June 30.

5.30.10- India's government says Maoist rebels represent the country's greatest internal security threat.

5.24.10 – Kathleen E. McLaughlin – BEIJING, China — With top-level U.S.-China talks set for Beijing this week, Sino-American relations are once again grabbing headlines. Here are five things you should know about the U.S.-China relationship.

WASHINGTON — A new American intelligence analysis of a deadly torpedo attack on a South Korean warship concludes that Kim Jong-il, the ailing leader of North Korea, must have authorized the torpedo assault,

School attacks highlight complex relationship between mental illness and dissidence in China.