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CP Foods to invest B20-25bn, spin off non-core assets
Reuters, Published on 19/03/2015
» Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL plans to spend 20-25 billion baht this year, mostly on the expansion of its international operations and overseas acquisitions.
Tight budget hampers Malaysia's defence ambitions
Reuters, Published on 20/03/2015
» LANGKAWI - Budget constraints are jeopardising Malaysia's defence spending plans, which include replacing ageing fighter jets and beefing up its maritime capabilities, at a time when Beijing is growing more assertive in the disputed South China Sea.
Top S.Korea, Japan, China envoys aim to damp tension
Reuters, Published on 21/03/2015
» SEOUL — The foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan and China on Saturday hold their first meeting in three years, in a bid to warm frosty ties and restore a regular three-way summit of their leaders, stalled because of tensions over history and territory.
IMF, ADB add support for China's development bank
Reuters, Published on 23/03/2015
» BEIJING - China received critical support from the International Monetary Forum and Asian Development Bank on Sunday for its goal of establishing a new Chinese-led multilateral lender, adding to a growing wave of endorsements that has worried the United States.
Myanmar police reject lawsuit against minister
Reuters, Published on 24/03/2015
» YANGON — Police in Myanmar have rejected a lawsuit filed by two Buddhist monks against Myanmar's home minister and police chief over use of white phosphorous against protesters in 2012, saying they are protected by law.
China, Turkey in diplomatic tug-of-war over detained Uighurs
Reuters, Published on 25/03/2015
» A group of suspected Uighur Muslims has become the focus of a diplomatic tug-of-war in Thailand between China and Turkey, with both countries wanting to repatriate them and hundreds of other suspected Uighurs detained in Thailand as illegal immigrants.
China eases property rules amid slowdown
Business, Reuters, Published on 31/03/2015
» SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Chinese regulators eased lending and tax policies on real estate yesterday, as Beijing seeks to stop a slide in property prices that has put economic recovery at risk.
Rockslide at Myanmar jade mine kills 9; 20 missing
Reuters, Published on 01/04/2015
» YANGON — A rockslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar killed at least nine miners, and rescuers were searching for around 20 others, state media reported on Wednesday, two days after the accident.
Jakarta says 4G smartphones must be 'made in Indonesia'
Reuters, Published on 03/04/2015
» JAKARTA — When Polytron became the first Indonesian company to produce 4G-capable smartphones last year, it changed the “Manufactured in China” inscription on its handsets to “Made in Kudus,” a town in Central Java.
Bomb kills two police in Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 13/04/2015
» YANGON – Two police officers from an anti-narcotics task force were killed and three wounded when a bomb exploded in a volatile area of northeastern Myanmar near the border with China, a police official said on Monday.