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Aeon plans to quadruple product sourcing from Vietnam
Published on 14/06/2019
» HANOI: Retail giant Aeon Co will seek to purchase US$1 billion (32 billion baht) worth of products from Vietnam in 2025, with the nation seen as having great potential as a supplier of quality food for Japanese consumers.
Cambodia, Vietnam rap Lee's remarks on 1979 invasion
Kyodo News, Published on 07/06/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has joined Vietnam in rapping Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's recent remarks on the 1979 Vietnamese invasion that ousted the genocidal Khmer Rouge, alleging that Singapore bears some responsibility for the massacre of Cambodians in the late 1970s.
Myanmar plant to assemble Toyota Hiluxes
Published on 31/05/2019
» TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp has said that it will build an assembly plant in Myanmar to produce Hilux pickup trucks from February 2021.
Japan's largest retailer Aeon opens hypermarket in Myanmar
Published on 10/05/2019
» YANGON: Japanese retail giant Aeon opened a hypermarket in Myanmar on Friday, seeking to cash in on the growing retail sector in the emerging economy.
Singapore parliament passes online fake news law
Published on 09/05/2019
» SINGAPORE: Singapore's parliament passed a controversial bill late Wednesday aimed at combating fake news online, amid strong concerns from rights groups and journalists that it will further curtail freedom of expression and speech in the city-state.
Singapore's Changi airport opens mega mall
Published on 17/04/2019
» SINGAPORE: Changi airport on Wednesday opened a S$1.7 billion (40 billion baht) retail and nature-themed complex that aims to give it a competitive edge as an air hub in the region.
Myanmar rebels hit Rakhine police base, kill 3
Kyodo News, Published on 11/04/2019
» YANGON: Rebels attacked a police outpost in Myanmar's restive western state of Rakhine between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, killing three people and abducting seven others, state media reported Thursday.
Death toll hits 89 in Indonesia's flash floods, 74 missing
Kyodo News, Published on 19/03/2019
» JAKARTA: The death toll from flash floods that hit a district in the easternmost Indonesian province of Papua over the weekend has climbed to 89, while 74 others are still missing, authorities said Tuesday.
2 Japanese men arrested in Cambodia for allegedly killing taxi driver
Published on 18/03/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Two Japanese men in their 20s were arrested in Cambodia late on Sunday on suspicion of killing a taxi driver in the country's north, a local police official said.
Earthquake kills 2 on Indonesia's Lombok Island
Kyodo News, Published on 17/03/2019
» JAKARTA: At least two people were killed and another hospitalised after a magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit Indonesia's resort island of Lombok on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.