FILE PHOTO: A man buys foods at a market as Thailand is to inject $15.2 bln into economy next year through its digital wallet policy, in Bangkok BANGKOK (Reuters) - Rungthiwa Pimphanit waited months ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia on Friday launched a new economic stimulus package that includes cash handouts totalling 30 trillion rupiah ($1.81 billion) for 35 million households and expanded a ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's ruling coalition agreed to include a plan to distribute cash handouts in its election campaign pledges to help households cope with persistent inflation, two sources familiar ...

JAKARTA, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Indonesia will provide additional cash handouts for three months covering January, February and March to mitigate the risk of rising food prices, its chief economic ...

The “digital wallet” stimulus scheme might have stood a better chance if the money was given out as a gift card. One of the consequences of the Pheu Thai party’s implosion is that its signature cash ...

Detailing “historical atrocities,” a years-long reparations study in Detroit has a lengthy list of expensive recommendations but doesn’t put a final price tag on how much it would cost. The Detroit ...

Taipei’s cash transfer to all citizens underscores how high GDP growth can go with uneven earnings and consumption. India ...

Three years ago, Thomas Kazungu Karisa was struggling to make ends meet as a petrol station attendant in the Kenyan county of Kilifi, when a sudden cash donation changed his life. "My family often ...

Prime Minister Kim Min-seok (2nd from R) meets with a group of street cleaners over breakfast at a restaurant in Seoul's Nowon Ward on July 21, 2025, as the country begins to receive applications for ...