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Over 4,400 Myanmar refugees flee to Thailand to escape fighting
Kyodo News, Published on 22/12/2021
» Over 4,400 people from Myanmar have fled into the country since Thursday last week to escape clashes between government soldiers and an armed ethnic minority group, the Thai military said Wednesday.
Japan to give B1.3 bn vaccine aid to Thailand, 24 other Asian nations
Kyodo News, Published on 09/03/2021
» Japan will provide 4.5 billion yen (about 1.3 billion baht) grant aid through an international organisation to 25 countries in Asia and the Pacific Islands region to help them build a cold-chain distribution network for Covid-19 vaccines, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
Japan-Asean trade deal takes effect
Kyodo News, Published on 01/08/2020
» A revised free trade pact between Japan and Asean facilitating the cross-border flow of services and investment entered into force on Saturday.
Asean foreign ministers discuss S. China Sea, Rohingya
Kyodo News, Published on 31/07/2019
» Foreign ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations began their annual series of meetings in Bangkok on Wednesday, with South China Sea tensions, the Rohingya refugee crisis and Korean Peninsula issues on the agenda.
Asean defence ministers begin meeting in Bangkok
Kyodo News, Published on 11/07/2019
» Defence ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Thursday began their annual meeting, this time in Bangkok, with security threats, the disputed South China Sea and North Korea high on the agenda.
Japan to issue more work visas to Thais, other foreigners
Kyodo News, Published on 01/04/2019
» Japan launched on Monday a new visa system to bring in more foreign workers to the country struggling with an acute labour shortage, marking a major policy shift from its traditionally strict immigration rules.
Police announce 26 more warrants for traffickers
Kyodo News, Published on 13/08/2015
» Police on Thursday announced that 26 more arrest warrants have been issued for people accused of involvement in the trafficking of Rohingya migrants from Myanmar, bringing the total to 145.
Thailand, Asean neighbours agree to boost coordination
Kyodo News, Published on 23/06/2015
» The leaders of Myanmar and four Southeast Asian neighbours -- Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam -- vowed at a summit Tuesday to strengthen subregional cooperation in the eight areas of trade and investment, agriculture, industry and energy, transportation, tourism, human resources development, public health, and environmental conservation.
Asean shelves common time zone
Kyodo News, Published on 27/04/2015
» Asean members decided on Sunday to shelve a proposal for a common time zone.
Thai ambassador urges Japan, US to join AIIB
Kyodo News, Published on 15/05/2015
» Thailand's ambassador to Japan voiced hope Friday that Japan and the United States will eventually join a Chinese-led development bank focused on Asia's infrastructure development.