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Haze blocks out Hat Yai, Trang
dpa, Published on 04/09/2015
» A haze caused by forest and plantation fires in Indonesia's Sumatra province on Thursday reached unhealthy levels in Malaysia and southern Thailand Thursday, officials said.
Samsung ends TV production in Thailand
dpa, Published on 21/05/2015
» SEOUL — South Korean electronics giant Samsung has stopped television production in Thailand.
Vietnam TV net fined for map showing Hanoi in China
dpa, Published on 12/05/2015
» HANOI — Vietnam media authorities fined a national television station for displaying a map that placed the capital Hanoi within southern China, news reports said Tuesday.
More migrant deaths, sea rescues as EU plans response
dpa, Published on 20/04/2015
» ROME – More migrant deaths in the Mediterranean Sea were reported Monday, while foreign and interior ministers from the European Union were meeting in Luxembourg to work out a common response to the spiralling crisis.
Holiday with a dictator: Helpful or immoral?
dpa, Published on 23/03/2015
» BERLIN — Fascinating travel destinations such as China, Cuba or Iran are home to some of the world's greatest cultural sites.
14 killed in attack on guerrillas in Philippines
dpa, Published on 09/03/2015
» MANILA - Four soldiers and 10 Muslim rebels were killed in a security forces offensive against a group of guerrillas opposed to a peace deal in the southern Philippines, the military said Monday.
Death toll rises to 14 in southern floods
dpa, Published on 29/12/2014
» At least 14 people have died and eight more been injured in accidents due to the flooding in southern Thailand caused by this year's severe monsoon rains, officials confirmed on Monday.
Post-tsunami aid was not always on target in Asia
dpa, Published on 25/12/2014
» The houses are not yet 10 years old but already walls and roofs are collapsing on a housing estate in Sirikandurawatte in Sri Lanka.
2 Swiss men murdered in Philippines
dpa, Published on 06/10/2014
» MANILA - Two elderly Swiss men have been shot dead in the southern Philippines, police said on Monday.
Nine Vietnam War-era bombs cleared
dpa, Published on 04/06/2014
» Vientiane — Bomb clearance teams working on a 220km rail line in southern Laos have found nine unexploded devices along the route, a news report said on Wednesday.