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FamilyMart to deploy robots in Japan stores
Reuters, Published on 15/07/2020
» TOKYO: In August, a robot vaguely resembling a kangaroo will begin stacking sandwiches, drinks and ready meals on shelves at a Japanese convenience store in a test its maker, Telexistence, hopes will help trigger a wave of retail automation.
Bangladesh sentences 7 to death for 2016 cafe attack
Reuters, Published on 27/11/2019
» DHAKA: A Bangladesh court handed death sentences to seven members of an Islamist militant group on Wednesday for plotting an attack on a cafe in 2016 that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, in the south Asian nation's worst such incident.
Southeast Asians unite as beef over 'chicken rendang' rages on
Reuters, Published on 04/04/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Southeast Asians have united to defend hugely popular "chicken rendang" that was knocked out of a British cooking competition television show for not being crispy enough, but the longstanding debate on the origins of the dish rages on.
Go-go going as Chinese women fuel tourism boom
Reuters, Published on 20/10/2017
» For decades since the Vietnam war, the scantily clad dancers in the go-go bars of Bangkok's Patpong red-light district have been the face of Thailand's tourism industry.
In Kim Jong Un's summer palace, fun meets guns
Reuters, Published on 10/10/2017
» SEOUL: In the seaside city of Wonsan, North Korean families cook up barbecues on the beach, go fishing, and eat royal jelly flavour ice cream in the summer breeze. For their leader Kim Jong Un, the resort is a summer retreat, a future temple to tourism, and a good place to test missiles.
Search continues in flood-hit Japan; toll at 18
Reuters, Published on 09/07/2017
» Japanese rescuers continued their search for victims of freak rains that have triggered floods and landslides in southwest Japan and left at least 18 people dead and hundreds of others displaced, public broadcaster NHK reported on Sunday.
'Black Friday' tears at country's garment sector
News, Reuters, Published on 21/07/2016
» DHAKA - Emdadul Islam's three-decade career in Bangladesh's garment trade has seen the industry hit by riots, labour unrest, power shortages and safety scandals, but he had never lost faith in its ability to weather the latest crisis and continue to grow.
Iggy's loses Asian dining crown
Reuters, Published on 24/01/2013
» Singapore restaurant Iggy's fell from first place as the top dining spot in Asia after holding the crown for two straight years, while a Japanese restaurant in the city state soared to second place in a regional dining guide.