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Japan agrees to assist skytrain project in Phnom Penh
Published on 09/08/2017
» PHNOM PENH - Japan has agreed to conduct a feasibility study on a project for a light railway connection between Phnom Penh International Airport and the city centre, with a view to easing traffic congestion and improving services for foreign tourists, the Cambodian government said on Wednesday.
Malaysia hopes opening of MRT line will ease congestion
Published on 17/07/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR - A 51-kilometre commuter rail line connecting the Malaysian capital to outlying areas began operating on Monday, with the government hoping it will ease Kuala Lumpur's notorious traffic congestion.
Japan, Laos PMs meet in Tokyo to talk development
Kyodo News, Published on 07/06/2017
» Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisolith met Wednesday in Tokyo to discuss implementation of a plan to spur development in Laos and other issues.
Japan provides $200m loan to Cambodia for new port
Published on 06/05/2017
» PHNOM PEHN - The Japanese government has approved a US$200 million loan to Cambodia to build a second deep-sea port in the southwestern coastal city of Sihanoukville, a Cambodian minister said on Saturday.
US urges Asean to criticise N.Korea 'strongly'
Kyodo News, Published on 25/04/2017
» SINGAPORE - The United States is urging Asean to issue a statement strongly criticising North Korea during its leaders' summit in Manila this week, according to Asean diplomats.
Singapore teen blogger granted asylum in US
Kyodo News, Published on 25/03/2017
» SINGAPORE - A US immigration judge has granted Singaporean teen blogger Amos Yee, who was jailed twice in his home country over his social media postings, asylum in the United States, his lawyer said Saturday.
Japan investment to change the face of train travel in Yangon
Published on 31/12/2016
» YANGON - Tourists visiting Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, could be set to lose one of the star attractions of the former capital, as Japan invests in upgrading the railway which encircles the city.
309 kg of elephant ivory from Africa seized in Vietnam
Kyodo News, Published on 04/10/2016
» HANOI - Vietnamese customs officers seized 309 kilogrammes of elephant tusks from Africa over the weekend, official media reported.
Bee forces flight delay in Indonesia
Kyodo News, Published on 06/01/2016
» An errant bee delayed the takeoff of a flight operated by Indonesia's Garuda Indonesia, the flag carrier’s spokesman said Wednesday.
9 hurt, 1 missing after volcano erupts
Kyodo News, Published on 19/12/2014
» At least one person went missing and nine others were injured, four of them seriously, after a volcano in eastern Indonesia erupted, a government official said Friday.