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South Korea to open up rice market
dpa, Published on 18/07/2014
» SEOUL - Seoul announced an end to imported rice quotas Friday, as it planned a move to open up its domestic market to rice grown abroad, and impose import tariffs on the foreign produce.
China pips Japan as top trade partner
dpa, Published on 07/03/2014
» China pipped Japan as Thailand's largest trade partner for the first time last year, a Thai bank research centre reported on Friday.
China gives Laos $81m in aid, loans
dpa, Published on 05/09/2013
» VIENTIANE - China has agreed to give Laos 300 million yuan (US$49 million) in grant aid and 200 million yuan ($32.6 million) in interest-free loans this year, news reports said on Thursday.
Myanmar asks EU to lift sanctions
dpa, Published on 05/03/2013
» Myanmar President Thein Sein on Tuesday asked the European Union to do away with sanctions on his country and continue helping the once-pariah state down the road to democracy, as he vowed to carry on with needed reforms during his first visit to Brussels.