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Japan to loan $160m for Phnom Penh-Thailand highway
Kyodo News, Published on 16/03/2015
» Japan will extend about US$160 million in low-interest loans to Cambodia to improve a major road, a move that would increase transportation capacity and efficiency in the Mekong region.
Thai firms failing on social responsibility, activists say
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 16/03/2015
» Thai companies are adopting flawed social responsibility policies, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says.
Japan, Laos set to upgrade political, economic ties
Kyodo News, Published on 06/03/2015
» TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Lao counterpart Thongsing Thammavong began talks Friday with the expectation of affirming closer political and economic ties, especially as Laos prepares to assume the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2016.
Laos PM in Japan to expand ties
Kyodo News, Published on 04/03/2015
» Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday for a four-day official visit to commemorate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Japan and expand political and economic ties between the two countries.
Mekong countries, Japan eye new development strategy beyond 2015
Kyodo News, Published on 19/02/2015
» The leaders of Japan and five Southeast Asian countries along the Mekong River plan to craft a new strategy in July for Tokyo to contribute to sustainable development of the Mekong region beyond 2015, a senior Japanese official said Thursday.
BMA to pay B30m to pier victims
Online Reporters, Published on 18/02/2015
» The Supreme Court has ordered the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration to pay more than 30 million baht plus interest to 14 people who fell into the Chao Phraya River when a pontoon-boat landing at Pran Nok sank in 1995.
Japan, Mekong states forum on Thurs
Kyodo News, Published on 17/02/2015
» TOKYO - Government officials, businesspeople and experts from Japan and five Southeast Asian countries along the Mekong River will hold a forum on Thursday in Tokyo to promote economic cooperation amid moves to launch a more integrated Asean Economic Community at the end of this year.
Lao PM, C'bodia officials to visit Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 06/02/2015
» Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong will visit Japan for four days from March 4, the government in Tokyo said Friday.
Giving hope through education
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 04/02/2015
» Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn visited Lower Klity Creek village last week, and a sense of hope and joy fell on this small hamlet in Kanchanaburi. Klity has been in the news for years, and it's always bad news: this is the village that has suffered toxic lead contamination for decades, definitely one of the worst environmental disasters in modern Thailand.
Green groups hit Cambodia dam plan
Kyodo News, Published on 17/10/2014
» A planned hydropower northeastern Cambodian is drawing the ire of Southeast Asian environmental group who says the Lower Sesan 2 Dam fails to meet standards and will impact 80,000 people.