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Red Lobster probes "endless shrimp" losses after bankruptcy filing
Reuters, Published on 21/05/2024
» NEW YORK - Red Lobster, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Florida on Sunday night, is investigating the role its majority owner Thai Union played in the restaurant chain's "endless shrimp" promotion that caused US$11 million in losses, court documents showed.
Timeline: Ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra's life in politics
Reuters, Published on 18/02/2024
» Thailand's controversial billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday after serving six months in detention.
Japan and Malaysia sign $2.8m maritime security assistance deal
Reuters, Published on 16/12/2023
» TOKYO - Japan and Malaysia signed a security assistance deal on Saturday including a grant of ¥400 million (US$2.8 million) to boost Malaysia's maritime security, as Asian nations seek to counter an increasingly assertive China.
Court rejects challenge to Pita's derailed PM nomination
Reuters, Published on 16/08/2023
» The Constitutional Court on Wednesday rejected a request from the election winning Move Forward Party to review a parliamentary decision that blocked its prime ministerial candidate from being re-nominated.
Acting PM Prawit asks Finance Ministry to monitor weak baht
Reuters, Published on 20/09/2022
» Acting Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan has asked the Finance Ministry to closely monitor the weak baht and its volatility and seek broad opinion to determine policies, a government official said on Tuesday.
Zipmex files for bankruptcy protection in Singapore
Reuters, Published on 29/07/2022
» SINGAPORE: The cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex said on Friday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection in Singapore, becoming the latest victim of the global downturn in digital currencies.
Garuda Indonesia halves debt, on track for profit
Reuters, Published on 28/06/2022
» JAKARTA: Garuda Indonesia has halved its debt and achieved comparable cuts to aircraft leasing costs in negotiations that have set the airline up for profitability, the Indonesian government said on Tuesday.
Ex-CIA analyst recounts torture in secret Thai prison
Reuters, Published on 20/04/2022
» WASHINGTON: In the 2012 Hollywood hit “Zero Dark Thirty,” a red-haired Central Intelligence Agency analyst played by Jessica Chastain travels to a secret CIA prison and watches a colleague waterboard a screaming Al Qaeda suspect, then lock him in a box a little bigger than a mini-fridge, to make him talk.
'Mission impossible': UN in Cambodia showed early limit of nation building
Reuters, Published on 13/03/2022
» PHNOM PENH: Just over 30 years ago, a crackling radio in a refugee camp on the Thai border brought Sam Sophal word that the United Nations was coming to his war-ravaged homeland of Cambodia.
Human rights groups urge govt not to deport Lao activist
Reuters, Published on 01/02/2022
» Human rights groups have urged the government not to deport a Lao political activist arrested at the weekend, over concern he could be imprisoned by its communist government if sent back.