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Thailand 'neutral' in Myanmar conflict
Reuters, Published on 09/04/2024
» Thailand remains neutral in the Myanmar conflict and is able to accept up to 100,000 people displaced by the turmoil, Foreign Affairs Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-nukara said on Tuesday.
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Indonesia village grapples with trash brought in by tides
Reuters, Published on 19/03/2024
» TELUK - Solikah, an Indonesian housewife living in the fishing village of Teluk, was in tears as she pointed to piles of trash strewn on a beach close to her home of 40 years.
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Ritual piercings mark annual Taoist festival in Phuket
Reuters, Published on 04/10/2022
» PHUKET: Worshippers in this island resort province have celebrated a nine-day Taoist festival, with many piercing their faces with metal spikes and walking on hot coals to show devotion to deities.
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Tokyo Olympics organisers bow to pressure, 'no spectators' Games
Reuters, Published on 09/07/2021
» TOKYO: After weeks of insisting that the Tokyo 2020 Games could go ahead with spectators, organisers finally bowed to political pressure and rising Covid-19 infections, banning almost all fans from the global sports event just two weeks before it opens.
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N.Koreans killed missing S.Korean then burned body, Seoul says
Reuters, Published on 24/09/2020
» SEOUL: A South Korean official who went missing from a fisheries patrol boat earlier this week was shot dead by North Korean troops who later burned his body, South Korea's military said on Thursday.
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EU chief executive unveils blueprint to get Europe back on its feet
Reuters, Published on 16/09/2020
» BRUSSELS: The European Union's chief executive on Wednesday painted a sober picture of the bloc grappling with a pandemic and the deepest recession in its history, but laid out ambitious goals to make the 27 nations more resilient for future crises.
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Thailand leads SE Asia stocks lower as US-Iran tensions mount
Reuters, Published on 06/01/2020
» Thai stocks led other Southeast Asian equities ended lower on Monday on growing fears over escalating US-Iran tensions, which led to a spike in oil prices and a decrease in risk appetite of investors.
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Scandal-hit Dhammakaya temple helps stage Myanmar event
Reuters, Published on 21/01/2018
» MANDALAY: Thousands of Buddhist monks gathered in Myanmar's second largest city on Sunday for an event partly organised by the scandal-hit Dhammakaya temple whose abbot is wanted for questioning on money-laundering allegations.
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Myanmar security forces 'setting northern Rakhine ablaze'
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2017
» YANGON: The rights group Amnesty International said evidence pointing to a "mass-scale scorched-earth campaign" across the north of Rakhine state was unmistakably ethnic cleansing, while Myanmar insisted on Friday it was not barring aid workers from Rakhine State, where a counter-insurgency campaign has sparked an exodus of Muslim Rohingya refugees -- although authorities on the ground might restrict access 'for security reasons'.
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Indonesia mourns as tsunami death toll climbs
Reuters, Published on 01/10/2018
» PALU, Indonesia: The toll from an earthquake and tsunami soared to 832 confirmed dead on Sunday, with authorities fearing the numbers will climb as rescuers grappled to get aid to outlying communities cut off from communications and help.
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