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    UN chief to visit Myanmar

    Published on 08/11/2014

    » NEW YORK - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Myanmar next week to attend multilateral summit meetings and meet senior officials of the country, such as President Thein Sein, as well as opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Mr Ban's spokesman Stephane Dujarric told a press conference Friday.

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    Ukraine crisis overshadows Blinken bridgebuilding trip to Asia

    AFP, Published on 13/02/2022

    » US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts declared their unity on confronting security threats in the Asia-Pacific Saturday, even as Washington was intensely occupied by the possibility of war in Eastern Europe.

  • News & article

    Thailand holding out for a hero

    News, Ploenpote Atthakor, Published on 22/08/2018

    » In recent years, the world has grieved the loss of quite a few great people who were known for their integrity and courage.

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    An Ithaca idyll with Surin Pitsuwan

    News, Philip J Cunningham, Published on 04/12/2017

    » During Surin Pitsuwan's visit to Ithaca, New York, this past September, a barbecue party was arranged by long-time family friends who live on the edge of town where the still lush and green rural surroundings could at a glance be mistaken for rural Thailand. Chickens cackled in a nearby coop and birdsong was everywhere in the air.

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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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    Underestimating women's work

    News, Trini Leung, Published on 06/06/2016

    » The growth of Asia is such that it has attracted praise, including the sensational "economic miracle". And the numbers seem to tell the truth: Asia grew at an average of 6% a year between 1990 and 2015, based on data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). But this growth has a dark secret: it was built on the backs of poor women labouring under abysmal working conditions for wages which were low by themselves, and were lower compared to men's. Women had become to multinationals a means to an end, in the words of feminist Gita Sen.

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    Bangkok Declaration on Promoting an ASEAN-EU Global ...

    By prnews, Created on: 04/11/2016, Last updated on: 04/11/2016

    » [b:2mbcza9u][size=150:2mbcza9u]Bangkok Declaration on Promoting an ASEAN-EU Global Partnership for Shared Strategic Goals at the 21st ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) Bangkok, Kingdom of Thailand, 13-14 October 2016[/size:2mbcza9u][/b:2mbcza9u] [attachment=2:2mbcza9u]ASEAN-EU.jpg[/attachment:2mbcza9u]...

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