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North Korean leader's slain half-brother ‘was a CIA informant’
Reuters, Published on 11/06/2019
» WASHINGTON: Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who was killed in Malaysia in 2017, had been an informant for the US Central Intelligence Agency, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
China says its Panchen Lama visited Thailand in May
Reuters, Published on 11/06/2019
» BEIJING: A youth appointed by China as the second-highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism but reviled as a fake by many Tibetans made his first trip outside the country last month, attending events in Thailand, Chinese state media reported.
Vietnam posts $1.3bn trade deficit in May, matches forecast
Reuters, Published on 11/06/2019
» HANOI: Vietnam had a trade deficit of $1.3 billion in May, matching the government's forecast, customs data showed on Tuesday.
US releases video it says shows Iran recovering mine
Reuters, Published on 14/06/2019
» WASHINGTON: The US military released a video late on Thursday that it said showed Iran's Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) removing an unexploded mine from the side of a Japanese-owned oil tanker, as Washington blamed Iran for attacks rattling global oil markets.
Stranded Rohingya people linked to trafficking
Reuters, Published on 13/06/2019
» Police said on Thursday there is enough evidence to press human trafficking charges against the captain and crew of a boat carrying 65 Rohingya Muslims that was shipwrecked this week on a southern island.
Thai goalkeeper thanks Lloyd for reaching out
Reuters, Published on 13/06/2019
» Thailand goalkeeper Sukanya Chor Charoenying endured a humiliating night conceding 13 goals to the US in the women's World Cup on Tuesday but paid tribute to American forward Carli Lloyd for offering words of encouragement after the loss.
Indonesia says 17 dead after motorboat sinks in bad weather
Reuters, Published on 18/06/2019
» JAKARTA: At least 17 people, including four children, died after a motorboat sank in choppy waters off the Indonesian island of Java, a government official said on Tuesday.
Indonesian seaweed farmers seek B4.3bn from PTT over oil spill in Australia
Reuters, Published on 17/06/2019
» MELBOURNE: Indonesian seaweed farmers were set to seek more than A$200 million (4.3 billion baht) from Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production in a trial starting on Monday, to cover damage they say they suffered after Australia's worst oil spill.
Fall armyworm invades crops across Asia
Reuters, Published on 20/06/2019
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA/SINGAPORE: Looking out at his empty, red-earth field, Thai farmer Puang Timdon said his two-week-old maize crop didn't stand a chance against the fall armyworm pest.
Gold sprints to over 5-year peak
Reuters, Published on 20/06/2019
» Gold prices surged as much as 1.8% to their highest in more than five years on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve signalled possible interest rate cuts later this year, sending the dollar and US Treasury yields lower.