KABUL -- Unidentified people blew up three power pylons in the northern Samangan province, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Monday.

The pylons connecting Uzbekistan's imported electricity to other provinces of the country were blown up in the Qadamgah area of Khulm district on Sunday night, the news agency said. (Afghanistan-Power Pylon)

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COLOMBO -- Eight more cabinet ministers were sworn in before Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday as a new government is being formed amid weeks of political instability and economic crisis.

According to the President's Media Division, the eight ministers took oaths at the President's House in Colombo and later assumed duties in their respective ministries. (Sri Lanka-Cabinet-New Ministers)

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KUALA LUMPUR -- China will continue to play a vital role in pushing ahead global economic recovery with its resilience, commitment to multilateralism, and promotion of free trade, said a Malaysian analyst.

Oh Ei Sun, principal adviser for Malaysia's Pacific Research Center, said the country's recovery from the unprecedented pandemic acts as a booster to the world economy, which sparks discussion in the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2022 Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. (Malaysia-China-Global Recovery,INTERVIEW)

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SEOUL -- South Korea's dependence on intermediate goods imported from China surged over the past 10 years at a faster pace than Group of Seven (G7) countries, a report showed Monday.

The country's dependence on Chinese intermediate goods imports advanced from 19.4 percent of the total in 2010 to 28.3 percent in 2020, according to the Korea Enterprises Federation (KEF) report cited by Yonhap news agency. (South Korea-China-Trade) Enditem

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