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Japan to aid Manila 'war on drugs'
Kyodo News, Published on 13/01/2017
» MANILA - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged a 1 trillion yen ($8.7 billion) aid package, including government aid and private investment in infrastructural development in the Philippines over the next five years, as Japan moves to strengthen ties with a key nation in the Asia-Pacific region to counter China's growing maritime assertiveness and influence.
Nintendo to launch Switch game console on March 3
Kyodo News, Published on 13/01/2017
» TOKYO - Nintendo Co said Friday it will launch its new Switch game console on March 3 in Japan and markets across the world, and revealed details such as price and the lineup of game titles.
China's 2016 foreign trade down for second year
Kyodo News, Published on 13/01/2017
» BEIJING - China's total value of exports and imports in 2016 fell for the second straight year, official data showed Friday, in the latest sign that growth of the world's second-largest economy is moderating.
Cruise ship tourism comes to Thailand
Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/01/2017
» Cruise liner voyage from Bangkok to Cambodia to Vietnam to Koh Samui to Bangkok to kick off new maritime travel hub for Thailand out of Laem Chabang Port.
Myanmar, Bangladesh set talks on Rohingya refugees
Reuters, Published on 13/01/2017
» YANGON/DHAKA - Myanmar has agreed to begin talks with Bangladesh over an estimated 65,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar's northwestern Rakhine State since attacks on border posts three months ago, a senior Myanmar official said on Thursday.
Thai, local workers die in Vietnam fish sauce mishap
Published on 13/01/2017
» HANOI - Five people, including a Thai man, were found dead in a fish sauce storehouse in Vietnam on Thursday after they were suspected to have inhaled toxic fumes, a company source said.
PM blasts media over royal changes
Post Reporters, Published on 13/01/2017
» A furious Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha insisted Thursday that His Majesty the King did not ask the government to amend the new constitution as reported by the media.
Govt pushes for progress on reforms
News, Published on 13/01/2017
» The government is pressing ahead with its national reform strategy to bring about concrete results this year which it hopes will lay the foundation for elected administrations to abide by.
Love triangle victim 'killed before burial'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/01/2017
» A murdered young woman believed to be at the centre of a suspected love triangle died before she was buried in Kanchanaburi's Muang district, according to an autopsy.
New call for rights body
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 13/01/2017
» Consumer advocates have called on the government to speed up work setting up an independent body to ensure consumer rights protection.