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Global rice glut set to grow
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/03/2013
» Farmers are preparing to plant a record rice crop that will boost inventories held by the world's biggest exporters to the highest ever.
Cambodia exporters shrug off Thai rice price cut
Published on 21/06/2013
» The Thai government's decision to lower the guaranteed price of rice to Thai farmers will not affect Cambodian rice exports, according to Sok David, vice president of Golden Rice Cambodia in Phnom Penh.
China to buy 1 million tonnes of Thai rice
Published on 11/10/2013
» China has agreed to buy one million tonnes of Thai rice over the next five years, Deputy Commerce Minister Yanyong Phuangrach said on Friday.
Malaysia's once-nomadic Penan caught between two worlds
AFP, Published on 11/12/2013
» Through eons spent roaming Borneo's rainforests, Malaysia's Penan people became supremely adapted to surviving, and thriving, in the wild.
Consumerism booms as Cambodia embraces once-forbidden capitalism
Published on 01/10/2014
» PHNOM PENH — Chy Sila has come a long way since he invested his $500 life savings in a small shop in Cambodia's capital to sell bootleg music and pirated movies.
Bid to break the jinx lies in a bottle of ketchup
Business, Reuters, Published on 11/02/2015
» TOKYO: For Tokyo-based condiments maker Kagome Co Ltd, and perhaps for Japan's government, the challenge of breaking with a decade and a half of deflation boils down to the price of a bottle of ketchup.
Rice shipments from Vietnam increase
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/03/2015
» HANOI – Rice exports from Vietnam, the world’s third-largest shipper, will probably rebound this year as lower prices boost demand, while competition with Thailand keeps the gain to single digits, according to the government.
Trade pacts: Torn between two giants
Business, Published on 23/11/2015
» Since the conclusion of the much-touted Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement signed by 12 Pacific Rim countries last month, Thailand has been abuzz with debates about its impact and whether the country should join the trade pact.
As garbage mountains rise, Jakarta faces waste crisis
AFP, Published on 13/12/2015
» BEKASI, INDONESIA - Sifting through a mountain of garbage with her bare hands, a thick cloth wrapped around her face to keep out the stench, Patimah recalled her early days scavenging at a dump on the outskirts of the Indonesian capital the size of 120 football fields.
Myanmar up-close and personal
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 22/03/2016
» 'Welcome to the Guesthouse. The small space is made to set you free from anxiety. But first you need to leave your old perceptions behind. You need to open your mind for new memories," says Kyaw Luck, a guide for the exhibition "Myanmar Up-Close", which opened last week at Museum Siam.