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Cambodia to liquidate bank linked to accused scam boss
News Agencies, Published on 08/01/2026
» A Cambodian bank founded by accused scam boss Chen Zhi, who was extradited to China after being arrested in Cambodia on Tuesday, has been ordered liquidated, the central bank said on Thursday.
Vietnam overtakes Thailand as top travel destination for Chinese tourists
Bloomberg, Published on 16/09/2025
» This summer, Hu Jia and her family opted to skip Thailand’s iconic beaches and ornate temples, a short flight from her home in Sichuan province. Instead, she booked a two-week trip to Vietnam amid growing Chinese concerns over Thailand’s safety.
How a key ingredient in Coca-Cola is smuggled out of Sudan
Business, Richa Naidu and Khalid Abdelaziz of Reuters, Published on 05/03/2025
» LONDON/DUBAI - Gum arabic, a vital ingredient used in everything from Coca-Cola to M&M's candy, is increasingly being trafficked from rebel-held areas of war-torn Sudan, traders and industry sources say, complicating Western companies' efforts to insulate their supply chains from the conflict.
Sihanoukville pays the price for heavy reliance on Chinese
Asia focus, Matthias Alffram, Published on 09/05/2022
» For several years now, Cambodia has been receiving billions of dollars in Chinese investment as part of China's Belt & Road initiative (BRI). Between 2013 and 2017, Beijing invested US$5.3 billion in the Southeast Asian country. Between 2016 and 2019, the two countries signed 65 cooperation agreements to finance infrastructure projects such as seaports, highways, airports, power stations and even an oil refinery.
Tsuruha turns to M&As amid department store dearth
Business, Chatrudee Theparat, Published on 20/11/2019
» Tsuruha Holdings, Japan's largest holding company involved in the operation of drugstores, plans to expand in Thailand through a series of mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
Titans of Thai fishing collaborate to tackle slavery
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Published on 10/10/2019
» SAMUT SAKHON: Zin Mar was a housewife in the Myanmar city of Bago when she saw an advertisement for a job at Thai Union Group, a global seafood supplier and the world's biggest producer of packaged tuna.
Choking the oceans to death
Business, William Hicks, Published on 24/09/2019
» Blamed for the high-profile deaths of numerous endangered dugongs this year, plastic in the ocean is at the forefront of conversations about the environment in Thailand.
Brakes put on opening of illegal parlour
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/06/2019
» Legal action is being taken against a company which planned to open a new massage parlour on the site of a former fleshpot ordered shut down nearly three years ago.
Fisheries cheer withdrawal of yellow card
Business, Piyachart Maikaew and Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 10/01/2019
» Thai fishery operators are feeling relief after the EU on Tuesday de-listed Thailand from yellow card status in recognition of the country's progress in tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Hope for global action on migrants
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 17/12/2018
» It was very welcome news that a landmark accord on migration was endorsed last week at the United Nations migration conference in Marrakech, Morocco. The Global Compact on Migration (GCM) is a pledge by 164 countries to reduce discrimination with the aim of making mass migration safer, more orderly and humane.