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Philippines bans pig imports from Laos
Reuters, Published on 02/07/2019
» GENEVA: The Philippines has banned imports of pigs and pig products from Laos due to an African swine fever outbreak, it said in filings published by the World Trade Organization on Tuesday.
Philippines bans pig imports from Laos due to swine fever: WTO
Reuters, Published on 02/07/2019
» GENEVA: The Philippines has banned imports of pigs and pig products from Laos due to an African swine fever outbreak, it said in a filing published by the World Trade Organization on Tuesday.
Thai exiles in fear after murders, disappearances
Reuters, Published on 24/05/2019
» When members of the exiled Thai protest band Faiyen learned that the concrete-stuffed bodies of two Thai activists who had disappeared from Laos had been found in the Mekong River, they grew worried about their own fates.
Rights groups: Three accused of insulting king disappear
Reuters, Published on 10/05/2019
» Three activists facing charges of insulting the monarchy have disappeared after reportedly being arrested in Vietnam, rights groups said on Friday, months after two exiled critics of the military and monarchy turned up dead.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.