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Myanmar opening is 'fall of Berlin Wall'
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/06/2013
» Coca-Cola Co Chief Executive Officer Muhtar Kent marked the return of the world's largest soda maker to Myanmar after 60 years by opening a bottling plant and pledging more investment in the newly opened economy.
Myanmar phone contest heats up
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/06/2013
» Myanmar’s contest for two telecommunications licenses attracted bidders from around the globe seeking a foothold in one of the last remaining untapped markets, where only one in 10 people has a mobile phone.
Political crisis splits families
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/02/2014
» Cod Satrusayang's family has found a way out of their Thai crisis. They have agreed to stop talking about politics.
Vote tally starts in Indonesia
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/07/2014
» Indonesia’s election commission began the task of tallying about 140 million votes to meet a two-week deadline to announce the winner of the country’s closest-ever presidential election after both candidates claimed victory.
HRW: Vietnam police abuse, torture
Bloomberg News, Published on 16/09/2014
» Vietnamese police abuse and sometimes torture people in custody for crimes as minor as traffic violations and are rarely disciplined for a practice that has lead to deaths of detainees, Human Rights Watch said.
Singapore passes 1st trafficking law
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/11/2014
» SINGAPORE – The government here passed its first law to prevent human trafficking, even as at least one non-governmental organisation pushed for more rights for victims.
UN vote blasts N. Korea on rights
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/11/2014
» A United Nations human-rights committee voted to hold North Korea accountable for crimes against humanity, spurning a diplomatic campaign waged by the totalitarian regime to protect leader Kim Jong Un from any possibility of prosecution.
Vietnam takes gay-rights lead in SE Asia
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/01/2015
» Vietnam taking the lead in gay rights in Southeast Asia by abolishing a ban on same-sex marriage has medical doctor Thuan Nguyen planning a wedding ceremony with his boyfriend of two years.
5 factors push Thailand's unemployment rate ridiculously low
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/02/2015
» Just 0.56%. That's Thailand's official unemployment rate as of the end of 2014. It's among the lowest in the world, and compares regionally with 9.4% in India and 6% in the Philippines.
$10 copy of Gilead's blockbuster Sovaldi appears in Bangladesh
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/03/2015
» A $10 version of Sovaldi, the Gilead Sciences Inc hepatitis C treatment that sells for $1,000 a pill in the US, is now available in Bangladesh and could make its way to other parts of the world where the US company doesn't have patents.