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2nd Thai-Myanmar bridge construction begins
Kyodo News, Published on 30/08/2015
» MAE SOT - A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Sunday for the second Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge that will play a key role in the East-West Economic Corridor traversing continental Southeast Asia.
Mekong nations, Japan agree on industrialisation blueprint
Kyodo News, Published on 24/08/2015
» Japan and the five Southeast Asian countries bordering the Mekong River adopted Monday a blueprint to boost industrialisation in the sub-region.
Asean to 'upgrade' FTAs with Japan, China, S. Korea
Kyodo News, Published on 24/08/2015
» Free trade agreements that a grouping of Southeast Asian countries has with China, Japan, and South Korea will be "upgraded" by year-end to boost services and investments sectors, Malaysia’s trade minister says.
Japan firms in Thailand see 2nd-half uptick
Kyodo News, Published on 29/07/2015
» Japanese firms operating in Thailand expect the local economy to improve in the second half of 2015 on the back of government expenditures and increasing automobile exports, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce Bangkok said.
Japan to promise aid for Mekong countries
Kyodo News, Published on 30/06/2015
» TOKYO - Japan is expected to offer new aid to five countries along the Mekong River at a summit meeting this week in Tokyo, a report said on Tuesday.
In China, Myanmar drugs more popular than heroin
Kyodo News, Published on 25/06/2015
» BEIJING - Cheap and easy-to-manufacture synthetic drugs edged past heroin as the country's high of choice for the first time last year, China's drug control agency said Wednesday, a trend that comes as the country is increasingly seen as a worldwide supplier of the substances.
Thailand, Asean neighbours agree to boost coordination
Kyodo News, Published on 23/06/2015
» The leaders of Myanmar and four Southeast Asian neighbours -- Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam -- vowed at a summit Tuesday to strengthen subregional cooperation in the eight areas of trade and investment, agriculture, industry and energy, transportation, tourism, human resources development, public health, and environmental conservation.
Japan's Abe pitches high-speed rail to Malaysian PM
Kyodo News, Published on 25/05/2015
» Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak met in Tokyo on Monday where Mr Abe pitched Japan's shinkansen bullet-train technology for a high-speed rail project linking Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
Thailand, neighbours to standardise border checkpoints
Kyodo News, Published on 21/05/2015
» Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam will standardise rules and inspections at border checkpoints to enhance economic connectivity along the so-called East-West Economic Corridor.
Thai ambassador urges Japan, US to join AIIB
Kyodo News, Published on 15/05/2015
» Thailand's ambassador to Japan voiced hope Friday that Japan and the United States will eventually join a Chinese-led development bank focused on Asia's infrastructure development.