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Bank of Tokyo-M'bishi UFJ opens Myanmar branch
Published on 22/04/2015
» YANGON — The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ said Wednesday that it opened a branch in Myanmar, becoming one of the first foreign banks to offer financial services there since 1963 when all banks were nationalised under the socialist system.
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Japan, Laos PMs meet in Tokyo to talk development
Kyodo News, Published on 07/06/2017
» Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisolith met Wednesday in Tokyo to discuss implementation of a plan to spur development in Laos and other issues.
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Asean, EU to revisit FTA talks
Published on 26/04/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the European Union will look into resuming their stalled free trade talks after a "stock-taking" meeting at the end of 2015, trade officials from both sides said Sunday.
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Cambodia, Vietnam rap Lee's remarks on 1979 invasion
Kyodo News, Published on 07/06/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has joined Vietnam in rapping Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's recent remarks on the 1979 Vietnamese invasion that ousted the genocidal Khmer Rouge, alleging that Singapore bears some responsibility for the massacre of Cambodians in the late 1970s.
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Singapore parliament passes online fake news law
Published on 09/05/2019
» SINGAPORE: Singapore's parliament passed a controversial bill late Wednesday aimed at combating fake news online, amid strong concerns from rights groups and journalists that it will further curtail freedom of expression and speech in the city-state.
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Japan to revise Asean free-trade pact
Kyodo News, Published on 27/02/2019
» TOKYO: The Japanese government endorsed at a cabinet meeting Tuesday a plan for a revised free trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that includes the liberalisation of the service sector and investment field.
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Indonesia to open fishing zone near disputed S. China Sea
Published on 21/02/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesia plans to open a fishing zone within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) at the southern edge of the disputed South China Sea, most of which is claimed by China, later this year, to prevent foreign encroachment, a cabinet minister said Wednesday.
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Asean ministers seek 'comprehensive' Rohingya plan
Kyodo News, Published on 09/01/2019
» Foreign ministers from 10 Southeast Asian Nations will call for a "comprehensive and durable" solution to the when they meet informally for their annual retreat in Chiang Mai later this month, according to a draft of a statement to be issued then.
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Suu Kyi to skip Asean summit in Singapore
Published on 23/04/2018
» YANGON: Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not attend this weekend's Asean Summit in Singapore, a government spokesman said on Monday, which would make it the first time for her to skip one since coming to power in 2016.
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Stalled Yangon expansion plan brought back to life
Published on 05/04/2018
» YANGON: The regional government administering Myanmar's major commercial capital Yangon and its vicinity is giving life to a stalled expansion plan aimed at eventually transforming the country's largest city into the next Southeast Asian economic hub, twice the size of Singapore.
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