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China pips Japan as top trade partner
dpa, Published on 07/03/2014
» China pipped Japan as Thailand's largest trade partner for the first time last year, a Thai bank research centre reported on Friday.
EU lags behind S.Korea on innovation
dpa, Published on 04/03/2014
» Brussels - The European Union is lagging behind South Korea, the United States and Japan in the field of research and innovation, while China is rapidly catching up, according to a survey published Tuesday by the bloc's executive.
Japan logs record trade deficit
dpa, Published on 20/02/2014
» Tokyo — Japan posted a trade deficit of 2.79 trillion yen ($27.3 billion) in January, its largest ever monthly trade loss, amid growing fossil-fuel imports, the government said today.
Japanese outflows to Laos up 15%
dpa, Published on 12/02/2014
» Vientiane — Japanese investment in Laos hit US$405.7 million (13.26 billion baht) last year, up 15% year-on-year, partly driven by manufacturing relocation after the 2011 floods in Thailand, media reports said on Wednesday.
Germany voices Rohingya concerns
dpa, Published on 11/02/2014
» YANGON - German President Joachim Gauck on Tuesday raised concerns over clashes between Myanmar's majority Buddhist and minority Muslim communities, especially the Rohingyas.
US ends Myanmar refugee programme
dpa, Published on 29/01/2014
» The United States has wound up a special resettlement programme for Myanmar refugees in camps on the Thai-Myanmar border, the United Nations said Wednesday.
Man steals 450 pairs of high heels
dpa, Published on 29/01/2014
» TOKYO - A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of stealing high-heeled shoes from bar hostesses at an exclusive nightclub in the Japanese capital, local media reported Wednesday.
UK urges Thais to uphold democracy
dpa, Published on 29/01/2014
» JAKARTA - British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Wednesday urged Thailand to uphold democracy as political violence escalated ahead of an election.
Japanese firms turn to Laos
dpa, Published on 16/12/2013
» VIENTIANE - Tokyo will open a trade office in Laos next year amid a boost in Japanese companies investing in the communist Southeast Asian country, a news report said Monday.
Rally at Lao embassy for missing activist
dpa, Published on 15/12/2013
» Human rights groups on Sunday gathered outside the Lao embassy in Bangkok to mark the disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone in Vientiane a year ago.