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Myanmar renews SEZ push
Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 02/10/2017
» Myanmar's special economic zones (SEZs) are a central part of a revitalised economic strategy in which increased manufacturing activity will play a key role. And breathing renewed life and energy into stagnant or stalled SEZs has moved to the top of the government's agenda.
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Hun Manet: Cambodia's new prime minister
AFP, Published on 22/08/2023
» PHNOM PENH - Hun Manet has an economics degree from England and graduated from the US military academy West Point, but there are few expectations he will uphold Western liberal ideals when he succeeds his father as Cambodia's prime minister.
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Myanmar spirit mediums take aim at military coup
AFP, Published on 14/02/2021
» YANGON: Otherworldly forces are displeased with the generals behind Myanmar's coup, according to the ornately dressed spirit mediums joining street protests to denounce the country's sudden turn back to army rule.
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Princess Ubolratana disqualified from list of candidates for PM
AFP, Published on 11/02/2019
» Princess Ubolratana was on Monday formally disqualified for running for prime minister, ending her brief and ill-fated political union with a party allied to the powerful Shinawatra clan, just days after a stern royal command rebuking her candidacy was issued by her brother, the king.
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Rappers lay into junta, social conformity
AFP, Published on 13/11/2018
» "A country killing the people... doesn't give a damn about its children," spits 17-year-old Elevenfinger, one of a legion of acerbic young rappers ripping into politics, dire education system and calcifying social mores.
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Thai stocks hit 2-month closing high, lead Southeast Asia peers
Published on 28/08/2017
» Most Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Monday as energy stocks gained due to disruptions from Hurricane Harvey that battered the US Gulf Coast, with Thailand closing at a two-month high as easing political tensions boosted sentiment.
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Small orders, big opportunities
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 18/04/2016
» Nont Pongpairoj has a Bangkok design studio that makes quality bags and accessories for cameras and covers for iPhones, with a successful niche in Thailand. But to reach buyers elsewhere in the world, he has found a powerful ally in Hong Kong.
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Indonesia-EU free trade talks take big step forward
Asia focus, Published on 18/04/2016
» Indonesia and the European Union (EU) are one step closer to realising a free trade agreement after talks to discuss the scope of documents outlining the items they want to include in the negotiations.
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Fear spreads as Thai junta jails online critics
AFP, Published on 06/05/2016
» BANGKOK - The Thai junta's fresh arrests of online critics is spreading paranoia across the country, say rights activists, with eight people being held for disparaging the regime on Facebook.
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Kasit fears racial strife in Malaysia
Published on 19/09/2015
» KUALA LUMPUR — A new red-yellow divide is emerging, but this time it's not in Thailand but in Malaysia and there is a danger of a destructive conflict along racial lines.
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