# PR Newswire Asia Press Releases Scraper (`nexgendata/pr-newswire-asia-press-releases-scraper`) Actor

Scrape PR Newswire Asia (en.prnasia.com) press releases — headline, body, time, source company, region, category, image. The only English-language Asia press wire on Apify.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/nexgendata/pr-newswire-asia-press-releases-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [NexGenData](https://apify.com/nexgendata) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Marketing, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $150.00 / 1,000 asia press releases

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

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```bash
pip install apify-client
```

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````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## 📰 PR Newswire Asia Press Releases Scraper — The Only English-Language Asia Press Wire on Apify

The PR Newswire Asia Press Releases Scraper pulls structured press releases from [en.prnasia.com](https://en.prnasia.com) — the English-language Asia distribution arm of Cision (sibling of PR Newswire US and PR Web). PR Newswire Asia distributes ~200 English releases per day from mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and India — making it the highest-signal source for English-language Asia corporate news.

This is **the only English-language Asia press wire on the Apify Store**. If you are tracking Chinese ADR earnings, Southeast-Asia IPOs, Japanese M&A, Korean tech announcements, or India IPO filings — and you want the announcements in English the moment they hit the wire — this scraper is the only off-the-shelf path.

### Why PR Newswire Asia Beats the Alternatives

| Source | English Asia coverage | Reader API | Notes |
|--------|----------------------|------------|-------|
| PR Newswire US ([scraper](https://apify.com/nexgendata/pr-newswire-press-releases-scraper)) | Limited (US-issuer focus) | Via NexGenData | Misses native Asia issuers |
| GlobeNewswire ([scraper](https://apify.com/nexgendata/globenewswire-press-releases-scraper)) | US/EU dominant | Via NexGenData | Few Asia-domiciled issuers |
| Business Wire | US/EU dominant | None | No bulk reader API |
| Xinhua / China Daily | Not press-wire format | None | Editorial, not corporate releases |
| **PR Newswire Asia (this scraper)** | **Native Asia (~200/day)** | **Pay-per-release JSON** | **Only English Asia wire on Apify** |

### What You Get

For every release:

- Canonical en.prnasia.com URL
- Release ID (Cision internal)
- Headline (JSON-LD `NewsArticle.headline`)
- Description / lead paragraph
- Full body text
- Publication timestamp (ISO 8601 UTC, from JSON-LD `datePublished`)
- Modification timestamp (ISO 8601 UTC, from JSON-LD `dateModified`)
- Source / issuing company (parsed from Cision `/PRNewswire/` dateline block)
- Dateline location (city/region the release was issued from)
- Country / region bucket (Asia vs Global)
- Distribution category
- Primary image URL (mma.prnasia.com CDN)
- List datetime snapshot

### Inputs

- **searchQuery** — keyword filter on headline + body (empty = no filter).
- **region** — `all` / `china` / `hk` / `japan` / `korea` / `sea` / `india`. SE Asia covers Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines.
- **maxResults** — 1–500. Each release = one dataset row charged at the per-release primary event price.
- **fromDate** / **toDate** — `YYYY-MM-DD` UTC inclusive bounds.

### How It Works

The actor routes all requests through **Apify residential proxy** automatically. PR Newswire Asia rate-limits aggressively (HTTP 429 after ~3 rapid requests from the same IP), so the residential proxy is mandatory — no captcha, just IP-based throttling. You do not need to enable proxy in the input; it is on by default.

The scraper:

1. Pulls the homepage and `/releases/` list page through the residential proxy (24 cards each, newest-first).
2. For each candidate release, fetches the detail page and parses the JSON-LD `NewsArticle` block plus the Cision `section.release-body` body container.
3. Applies the region / keyword / date filters server-side before charging — you do not pay for releases that fall outside your filter.
4. Pushes one row per matching release, charging the primary event once per row.

### Use Cases

- **Cross-border M&A tracking** — surface Asia-side announcements before they hit Western financial press.
- **Asia market intelligence** — corporate strategy, product launches, regulatory disclosures from Asia-domiciled issuers.
- **China company news monitoring** — Chinese ADRs, state-owned enterprise announcements, mainland tech earnings — in English, real-time.
- **Equity research** — filter by region + ticker keyword to pull every release from a watchlist of Asia-listed names.
- **PR firm competitive intel** — see what your competitors' clients are pushing through the Cision Asia wire.
- **Sales prospecting** — newly-funded SE Asia and India startups announcing rounds in English.

### Related NexGenData Scrapers

If you are building an Asia data pipeline, pair this with:

- **[PR Newswire (US)](https://apify.com/nexgendata/pr-newswire-press-releases-scraper)** — the US-side Cision wire (overlap on dual-listed issuers).
- **[GlobeNewswire](https://apify.com/nexgendata/globenewswire-press-releases-scraper)** — secondary US/EU corporate wire.
- **[PR Web](https://apify.com/nexgendata/pr-web-press-releases-scraper)** — long-tail SMB wire.
- **China data cluster:** [Eastmoney Stock Quotes](https://apify.com/nexgendata) and [China Trends Tracker](https://apify.com/nexgendata) for market context on the names you find here.

### Pricing

Pay-per-event. You are charged:

- **$0.00005 per actor start** — covers one start of the Docker image.
- **$0.15 per Asia release** — primary event, charged once per row pushed to your dataset, after filters apply.

Premium over PR Web's $0.10/release because of the Asia-niche moat: this is the only English-language Asia press wire on Apify, and there is no off-the-shelf substitute.

### Sample Output

```json
{
  "url": "https://en.prnasia.com/releases/apac/zetrix-ai-shenzhen-data-exchange-to-unlock-value-of-asean-china-data-through-cross-border-trading-platform-534183.shtml",
  "release_id": "534183",
  "headline": "Zetrix AI, Shenzhen Data Exchange to Unlock Value of ASEAN-China Data Through Cross-Border Trading Platform",
  "description": "Zetrix AI today announced a strategic collaboration with the Shenzhen Data Exchange…",
  "body_text": "SHENZHEN, China, May 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Zetrix AI, the Asia-Pacific leader in …",
  "date_published": "2026-05-22T12:00:00+08:00",
  "date_modified": "2026-05-22T12:00:00+08:00",
  "source_company": "Zetrix AI",
  "dateline_location": "SHENZHEN",
  "country_region": "Asia",
  "category": "Technology",
  "image_url": "https://mma.prnasia.com/media2/2986212/image1.jpg?p=medium600",
  "list_datetime": "2026-05-22 14:39",
  "source": "en.prnasia.com"
}
````

### Notes

- Releases are returned newest-first. Set `maxResults` to control depth (1 day of feed ≈ 200 releases).
- Region filter is heuristic (matches against dateline + body). For a hard guarantee, post-filter on `dateline_location` in your dataset.
- The `/PRNewswire/` source-company parser is a regex on the Cision dateline pattern. If a release uses a non-standard preamble, `source_company` may be `null` — fall back to `headline` or `body_text[:200]`.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQuery` (type: `string`):

Free-text keyword filter applied to headline + body. Empty = no keyword filter (returns latest releases). Examples: 'IPO', 'earnings', 'Alibaba', 'semiconductors', 'electric vehicles'.

## `region` (type: `string`):

Region of the issuing company. 'all' returns every release. Use 'china' for mainland China, 'hk' for Hong Kong, 'japan', 'korea' (South), 'sea' for Southeast Asia (Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam/Philippines), or 'india'. The filter is applied to the dateline + headline + body text.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of releases to return (1–500). Each release is one dataset row charged at the per-release primary event price. PR Newswire Asia publishes ~200 English releases/day, so up to ~1 day of feed depth is reachable in a single run.

## `fromDate` (type: `string`):

Earliest publication date (UTC, inclusive). Releases older than this date are skipped. Leave empty for no lower bound.

## `toDate` (type: `string`):

Latest publication date (UTC, inclusive). Releases newer than this date are skipped. Leave empty for no upper bound.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "region": "all",
  "maxResults": 5
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQuery": "",
    "region": "all",
    "maxResults": 5,
    "fromDate": "",
    "toDate": ""
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("nexgendata/pr-newswire-asia-press-releases-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQuery": "",
    "region": "all",
    "maxResults": 5,
    "fromDate": "",
    "toDate": "",
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("nexgendata/pr-newswire-asia-press-releases-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQuery": "",
  "region": "all",
  "maxResults": 5,
  "fromDate": "",
  "toDate": ""
}' |
apify call nexgendata/pr-newswire-asia-press-releases-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=nexgendata/pr-newswire-asia-press-releases-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "PR Newswire Asia Press Releases Scraper",
        "description": "Scrape PR Newswire Asia (en.prnasia.com) press releases — headline, body, time, source company, region, category, image. The only English-language Asia press wire on Apify.",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "xdLT5nciAkSbPbQpI"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/nexgendata~pr-newswire-asia-press-releases-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
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                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-nexgendata-pr-newswire-asia-press-releases-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/nexgendata~pr-newswire-asia-press-releases-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-nexgendata-pr-newswire-asia-press-releases-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
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                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
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                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/nexgendata~pr-newswire-asia-press-releases-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-nexgendata-pr-newswire-asia-press-releases-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "searchQuery": {
                        "title": "Search query (optional)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Free-text keyword filter applied to headline + body. Empty = no keyword filter (returns latest releases). Examples: 'IPO', 'earnings', 'Alibaba', 'semiconductors', 'electric vehicles'."
                    },
                    "region": {
                        "title": "Region filter",
                        "enum": [
                            "all",
                            "china",
                            "hk",
                            "japan",
                            "korea",
                            "sea",
                            "india"
                        ],
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Region of the issuing company. 'all' returns every release. Use 'china' for mainland China, 'hk' for Hong Kong, 'japan', 'korea' (South), 'sea' for Southeast Asia (Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam/Philippines), or 'india'. The filter is applied to the dateline + headline + body text.",
                        "default": "all"
                    },
                    "maxResults": {
                        "title": "Max releases",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 500,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of releases to return (1–500). Each release is one dataset row charged at the per-release primary event price. PR Newswire Asia publishes ~200 English releases/day, so up to ~1 day of feed depth is reachable in a single run.",
                        "default": 50
                    },
                    "fromDate": {
                        "title": "From date (YYYY-MM-DD, optional)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Earliest publication date (UTC, inclusive). Releases older than this date are skipped. Leave empty for no lower bound."
                    },
                    "toDate": {
                        "title": "To date (YYYY-MM-DD, optional)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Latest publication date (UTC, inclusive). Releases newer than this date are skipped. Leave empty for no upper bound."
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "number",
                                        "example": 0.00005
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```