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Laos vows justice after tainted alcohol kills tourists
Reuters, Published on 25/11/2024
» BANGKOK: The Lao government is "profoundly saddened" by the deaths of foreign tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with methanol and pledged to prosecute those responsible.
Australian teen dies from tainted liquor in Laos
Reuters, Published on 21/11/2024
» SYDNEY/BANGKOK — An Australian teenager died on Thursday after drinking alcohol contaminated with methanol in Laos, Thai police and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, the fourth foreign national now suspected to have died in the incident.
Thailand approves $2bn worth of investments in data centres, electronics
Reuters, Published on 01/11/2024
» Thailand's Board of Investment (BOI) said it had approved US$2 billion worth of new investments in data centres and electronics manufacturing.
Thailand yet to finalise terms of multilateral clean power deal with Singapore
Reuters, Published on 22/10/2024
» SINGAPORE - Thailand is yet to finalise terms of an extension to a multilateral deal with Singapore to import hydropower from Laos through Malaysia and Thailand, a senior Thai government official told Reuters on Tuesday.
US official accuses Russia and China of blocking Asia leaders' statement
Reuters, Published on 13/10/2024
» WASHINGTON: Russia and China blocked a proposed consensus statement for the East Asia Summit drafted by Southeast Asian countries, mainly over objections to language on the contested South China Sea, a US official told Reuters on Saturday.
Thailand floats new plan for Myanmar crisis
Reuters, Published on 09/10/2024
» VIENTIANE - Southeast Asian leaders met in Laos on Wednesday for a summit expected to find ways of tackling a worsening civil war in Myanmar, with Thailand set to propose a new path for a political solution after a regional peace effort made scant progress.
Myanmar and South China Sea to test Asean relevance in summit
Reuters, Published on 08/10/2024
» VIENTIANE - Southeast Asian leaders will meet in Laos this week as Myanmar's civil war and mounting tensions in the South China Sea risk corroding the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) grouping's central role in the region.
Vietnam's Typhoon Yagi death toll passes 250, scores still missing
Reuters, Published on 14/09/2024
» HANOI - The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Yagi and the landslides and flash floods it triggered rose to 254 on Friday, authorities said, as flood waters receded, and search efforts pressed on.
Vietnam, Philippines seal deals on South China Sea security
Reuters, Published on 30/01/2024
» HANOI - Vietnam and the Philippines agreed on Tuesday to boost cooperation among their coastguards and to prevent untoward incidents in the South China Sea, in an announcement during a state visit to Hanoi by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Japan and Malaysia sign $2.8m maritime security assistance deal
Reuters, Published on 16/12/2023
» TOKYO - Japan and Malaysia signed a security assistance deal on Saturday including a grant of ¥400 million (US$2.8 million) to boost Malaysia's maritime security, as Asian nations seek to counter an increasingly assertive China.