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US slaps sanctions on Laos Golden Triangle 'casino'
Reuters, Published on 31/01/2018
» HONG KONG: The US Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on a gambling empire hacked from the Laotian jungle which it said was involved in drug, human and wildlife trafficking and child prostitution.
Biggest wind power generator plans solar, hydro expansion
Reuters, Published on 05/02/2018
» Thailand's biggest wind power generator, Wind Energy Holdings (WEH), plans to invest into other sources of electricity including solar, hydro and biomass to back up its capacity, its chief executive told Reuters in an interview.
Scale, complexity of Asean terror threat growing
Reuters, Published on 07/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: The terrorist threat facing Southeast Asia is growing as foreign fighters return to the region, Southeast Asian defence ministers said in a joint statement on Tuesday in which they pledged to improve cooperation to tackle militancy.
ADB sees Asia growth at 6% but warns of trade risks
Reuters, Published on 11/04/2018
» MANILA: The Asian Development Bank raised its 2018 economic growth estimate for developing Asia to 6% from 5.8%, citing solid export demand, but said US protectionist measures and any retaliation against them could undermine trade.
Thai energy firms roll out Asean expansions
Reuters, Published on 11/04/2018
» Thai energy companies are on a roll. The national oil and gas champion, a coal miner and power utility, upstart solar and wind companies, virtually all are expanding across Southeast Asia, applying practices and technology developed at home.
Shan boys get glamorous makeover for monkhood rite
Reuters, Published on 26/04/2018
» MAE HONG SON: Golden umbrellas draped in beads and flowers provide shade for boys as young as seven riding on their fathers' shoulders in a procession through the mountain town of Mae Hong Son on Thailand's northern border.
Laos torches narcotics stockpile on World Drug Day
Reuters, Published on 26/06/2018
» VIENTIANE: Laos drug officials torched around 40 kilogrammes of heroin and tens of thousands of "yaba" pills Tuesday, a small but significant fraction of the narcotics burned on World Drug Day in a region awash with illegal substances.
Shares in top SK E&C shareholders fall after Laos dam collapse
Reuters, Published on 25/07/2018
» SEOUL: Shares in major shareholders of South Korea's SK Engineering & Construction dropped on Wednesday after a collapse of a dam it was building in Laos that is feared to have caused dozens of deaths.
Dam breach floods communities in central Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 29/08/2018
» YANGON: Water from a breached dam flooded communities in central Myanmar on Wednesday and blocked part of a highway linking the main cities of Yangon, Mandalay and the capital Nay Pyi Taw, fire officials said.
Army: ‘No knowledge’ of dead activists stuffed with concrete
Reuters, Published on 23/01/2019
» The Thai army said on Wednesday it had no knowledge of two exiled critics of the military and royal family whose bodies police say were found "stuffed with concrete" along the Mekong River border with Laos.