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Rice prices at 3-year high after Indian ban
Bloomberg and Reuters, Published on 26/07/2023
» Rice prices in Asia jumped to the highest level in more than three years after top shipper India banned most of its exports, raising concerns about supplies of the food staple.
Brewing engagement
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 12/04/2021
» Born and brought up in Kenya, Priti Halai is emphatic when she says, "I've never thought of myself as an Indian. Exactly the way I consider myself is Kenyan. "But if you give me Indian music, Indian food, then I'll sing and I dance," the business executive officer of Nespresso Thailand adds with enthusiasm.
Asia's century, China's year
Asia focus, Asia Focus team, Published on 30/12/2019
» Way back when 1999 was winding down, pundits were telling us that the Asian Century was about to dawn. That prediction has not yet been fully realised, but few would disagree that 2019 belonged to China. Over the past 12 months, the top headlines have been about the bruising trade war with America, defiant protests in Hong Kong against Beijing's tightening grip, and the rise of a surveillance state that is herding hundreds of thousands into "re-education" camps on its western fringes. Below, the Asia Focus team looks back on a busy and sometimes troubling 2019.
Thailand protests Gambian 'slander' of tourism
Online Reporters, Published on 26/02/2018
» The Thai Foreign Ministry has taken action after reports the Gambian tourism minister made an unfavourable comment on Thailand’s tourism.