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Rice prices scale fresh 15-year high as supply risks lnger
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/12/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR - Rice prices reached a fresh 15-year high on mounting concerns that increased demand and the impact of El Niño will further tighten supplies of the grain that is a staple for billions across Asia and Africa.
Philippines buys 2 warships as S. China Sea tensions fester
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/12/2021
» The Philippines signed a deal to purchase two corvettes from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd, beefing up its defence capabilities in a region that has become more militarised due to competing claims in the South China Sea.
Thailand to build world's biggest floating solar farms
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/03/2019
» Thailand plans to build the world’s largest floating solar farms to power Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy and to boost the country’s share of clean energy.
Japan's internet maverick new target: $180 steaks
Bloomberg News, Published on 16/10/2017
» TOKYO: Japan’s corporate enfant terrible Takafumi Horie built one of the country’s most successful internet businesses, stood for parliament, went to prison and started a space company that aims to put the country’s first privately funded rocket into orbit. Now he has a new frontier: cattle.
China's naval might challenges US supremacy in Asia
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/06/2017
» HONG KONG -- Ship by ship, port by port, China has over the past two decades been assembling one of the essential engines of global power: a modern navy capable of projecting force far from home.
A tiny island off Singapore may hold keys to energy's future
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/05/2017
» SINGAPORE -- On a small island off the southern coast of Singapore, a French energy company is experimenting with what it hopes will be the future of renewable power storage.
Thailand not found among Top 50 'healthiest nations
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/03/2017
» When it comes to living a long life, Italy is the place to be. Thailand, not so much.
China woos Suu Kyi with red-carpet welcome
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/08/2016
» BEIJING - China is ready to work with Myanmar's new government to push relations to a new level, Premier Li Keqiang told State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi Thursday in Beijing.
China turns fecal sludge to 'black gold'
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/02/2015
» Heinz-Peter Mang is obsessed with turning human waste into gold. As millions of Chinese move to cities, the German engineer is convinced the country is on the way to hitting the jackpot.
Pump contact let for Xayaburi dam
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/08/2014
» Xylem Inc, the water company whose equipment cleared New York tunnels after Hurricane Sandy in the US, won a customized-pumps contract for a controversial Mekong River hydropower dam under construction that will help provide electricity to 4 million people in Laos and Thailand.