SEOUL -- South Korea's initial jobless claims fell last month, reflecting the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic shock, a government report showed Monday.

The number of those who newly applied for job-seeking benefits was 86,000 in May, down from 111,000 tallied in the same month of last year, according to the Ministry of Employment and Labor. (S. Korea-jobless)

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HANOI -- Vietnam imported over 3.1 million tons of plastic worth nearly 5 billion U.S. dollars in the first five months of this year, posting a year-on-year rise of 19.9 percent in volume and 50.6 percent in value, according to the country's General Statistics Office on Monday.

Between January and May, the Southeast Asian country also spent roughly 3.4 billion U.S. dollars importing plastic products, an increase of 24.5 percent from a year earlier, according to the office. (Vietnam-Plastic Import)

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SARAJEVO -- Bosnia and Herzegovina is looking forward to exporting its dairy products to China, the country's Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Stasa Kosarac has said.

In a recent interview with Xinhua, he called the Chinese market "a great chance for the domestic agricultural sector" and noted that BiH has made the final step in the process of approving the export of dairy products to the Chinese market. (China-BiH-Dairy Product)

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NAIROBI -- An official with Kenya's tourism marketing body said Sunday that the government plans to leverage on the global appeal of motor sports in order to boost local tourism sector.

Allan Njoroge, acting CEO of Kenya Tourism Board, said the sector is re-positioning itself to reap from the World Rally Championship Safari Rally Kenya set for June 24-27 in the scenic town of Naivasha, in Nakuru County. (Kenya-Tourism) Enditem

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