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Japan gives Philippine B310bln for road-building
Kyodo News, Published on 25/05/2015
» Japan and the Philippines on Monday concluded a grant agreement worth up to 1.12 billion yen (309.6 million baht) to develop roads and other infrastructure in conflict-affected areas of Mindanao island.
ADB: Cambodia on verge of being middle-income nation
Kyodo News, Published on 10/03/2015
» The head of the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday that Cambodia now ranks among the world's fastest-growing economies but still faces challenges.
Asean looks to African Union for peacekeeper model
Kyodo News, Published on 16/03/2015
» Defense ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will study the African Union’s model in their quest to set up an integrated peacekeeping force of the 10-member regional grouping, Malaysian Defense Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said Monday.
Japan sets B25bn for Ebola, foreign aid
Kyodo News, Published on 09/01/2015
» TOKYO — The Foreign Ministry said Friday it plans to earmark 90.9 billion yen (about 24.8 billion baht) in aid to Ebola-hit West Africa and other humanitarian assistance measures in Japan's supplementary budget for the year through March 31.
East Asia Summit to warn on IS threat
Kyodo News, Published on 10/11/2014
» East Asia leaders set to gather this week in Myanmar's capital will issue a joint statement warning that Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria pose not only a threat to the region but the world as a whole, diplomatic sources said Monday.
Letters sought for Japan quake victims
Kyodo News, Published on 09/12/2014
» Hoping to ring in a brighter New Year’s, a group based in western Japan is calling on people from Thailand and other countries to send heartening — or genki — letters to people in the northeastern Tohoku region still suffering from the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami.