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Indonesia secures rice import commitments from India, Thailand
Reuters, Published on 22/12/2023
» JAKARTA - Indonesia's President Joko Widodo said on Friday his government has secured rice import commitments from India and Thailand to shore up supply for 2024.
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Indonesia tells army to help drought-hit farmers plant rice
Reuters, Published on 14/12/2023
» JAKARTA - Indonesia has ordered the military to help farmers plant rice as severe drought has reduced output of the staple in Southeast Asia's most populous country, lifting prices, requiring increased imports and threatening food security.
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Cambodia scraps coal power project to build gas-fired plant, import LNG
Reuters, Published on 29/11/2023
» SINGAPORE - Cambodia has abandoned plans to build a US$1.5 billion 700 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power project in a protected reserve along the southwestern coast and will build an 800 MW natural-gas fired plant instead, according to its energy minister.
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Baht depreciates further; other Asian FX steady
Reuters, Published on 28/09/2023
» BENGALURU - Thailand's baht slumped to its lowest in more than 10 months on Thursday, hit by persistent worries over the country's fiscal outlook, while other Asian currencies steadied after recent losses against a rallying United States dollar.
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Rice exports up nearly 12% since Jan 1
Reuters, Published on 31/08/2023
» Thailand’s rice exports from Jan 1 to Aug 29 climbed 11.9% from the same period a year earlier to 5.29 million tonnes, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.
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Philippines looks to import 500,000 tonnes of rice
Reuters, Published on 16/08/2023
» MANILA: The Philippines' Department of Agriculture is recommending additional rice importation of about 500,000 metric tonnes to cover potential crop losses from the El Nino dry weather condition, a senior official said on Wednesday.
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Blinken to press Asean to take tougher line on Myanmar, China
Reuters, Published on 08/07/2023
» WASHINGTON: Washington hopes to rally Southeast Asian nations to take tougher action against Myanmar's military junta and to push back on China's actions in the South China Sea as top United States diplomat Antony Blinken heads to the region for meetings next week, a State Department official said on Friday.
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Rice to get costlier as supply threatened
Reuters, Published on 06/07/2023
» MUMBAI: Global rice prices, now at their highest in 11 years, are set to rally further after India moved to boost payments to farmers, just as El Nino threatens yields in key producers and alternative staples get costlier for poor Asians and Africans.
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Geely in early talks to enter Thailand EV market
Reuters, Published on 31/05/2023
» Major Chinese automaker Geely is in the early stages of planning an entry to Thailand's electric vehicle (EV) market, including weighing models for import and local manufacturing, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions.
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Southeast Asia lags in EVs. Can it catch up?
Reuters, Published on 23/02/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: For self-confessed tech geek and adrenaline junkie Farhan Abdul Rahim, becoming one of the first Malaysians to own an electric car in 2020 was a no-brainer - but he did not simply stop there.
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