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Central bank: Rate cuts not a quick fix for sluggish economy
Reuters, Published on 15/01/2024
» Thailand's "uneven" economic recovery cannot be fixed only by adjusting interest rates, the central bank said on Monday, hitting back at the government's calls to ease monetary policy to help revive sluggish activity.
Singapore, Malaysia weigh passport-free travel
Reuters, Published on 11/01/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia and Singapore agreed to jointly develop a special economic zone and explore a range of measures including passport-free travel to boost trade between the neighbours that each count the other as the No. 2 trading partner.
Taiwan spots more Chinese balloons
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2024
» TAIPEI - Taiwan's defence ministry said it had detected three more Chinese balloons flying across the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, and one of those flew over the island, the second day in a row it has reported such activity.
11 hikers killed by erupting volcano in Indonesia, 12 still missing
Reuters, Published on 04/12/2023
» JAKARTA: Eleven climbers were found dead on Monday following the eruption of the Marapi volcano in West Sumatra, a rescue official said, as a search to find 12 more missing was temporarily halted over safety concerns.
China lures Taiwan politicians with cheap trips
Reuters, Published on 01/12/2023
» TAIPEI - Beijing has sponsored cut-price trips to China for hundreds of Taiwanese politicians ahead of key elections on the island, according to Taiwan sources and documents, unnerving officials with a broad campaign that one called "election interference".
Thailand records current account surplus of $0.7bn in Oct
Reuters, Published on 30/11/2023
» Thailand's economy continued to recover in October thanks to consumption and private investment, the Bank of Thailand (BoT) said, but exports and the services sector slowed.
Taiwan reports more Chinese military activity as election nears
Reuters, Published on 30/11/2023
» TAIPEI - Taiwan again reported Chinese warplanes and warships around the island on Thursday, including aircraft crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait, as Beijing keeps up its military activities ahead of Taiwan's January election.
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes Halmahera, Indonesia
Reuters, Published on 22/11/2023
» JAKARTA - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Halmahera, Indonesia, on Wednesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
China property market shows little signs of revival despite stimulus
Reuters, Published on 20/10/2023
» HONG KONG/BEIJING - China's troubled property market is showing little signs of a recovery in the short term despite a series of government stimulus measures to help revive activity in the sector which makes up a quarter of the nation's economic output.
Economic recovery intact, financial conditions tight - central bank
Reuters, Published on 11/10/2023
» The Bank of Thailand (BoT) will focus more on the broader economic outlook when setting monetary policy to ensure a sustainable economic recovery, not short-term data, senior officials said on Wednesday.