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ASEAN economies remained buoyant as nominal GDP grew by 5.7 per cent to $2.31 trillion in 2012, a statement released by the ASEAN Secretariat...

Felda's group CEO Mohd Emir Mavani Abdullah about his strategy

Facebook users on Monday night (as per Southeast Asia time zones) were unable to post and update their status on the popular social media...

Brunei has a high living standard, its residents are wealthy, the country is safe and clean, all infrastructure is in place and all public...

As reported on October 16, an agreement is set to be signed this month between Thailand’s labour ministry and officials from Qatar to send...

The Pacific Alliance, a new grouping of four Latin American countries - Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile -, is looking forward to working with...

The first-ever commercial movie made and produced in Brunei is about to hit the cinemas in the Sultanate and set to be shown in...

The recently released World Happiness Report 2013 by United Nations, the second edition of the survey, has ranked 156 countries by their "happiness", a...

Two small bombs went off in eastern Myanmar on late October 16 and early October 17, killing one person and wounding at least six...

Global markets welcomed a last-minute deal in Washington to reopen the federal government and avoid a debt crisis, with Asian stocks and bonds following...

Two-way trade between Vietnam and Russia was $2.7 billion in the first seven months of 2013 and is expected to reach $4 billion by...

The Export-Import Bank of China (Exim Bank) on October 16 signed an agreement to fund a $1.67 billion loan to build a Cambodian oil...

Thailand's labour ministry is set to sign an agreement in October on conditions for the employment of Thai workers in Qatar, labour permanent secretary...

Brunei's Ministry of Education officially launched its Media and In-Service Center or MiSC on October 3, which is seen as a core building block...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on October 15 that the country wanted more Chinese investors to help boost local economy and deepen Sino-Cambodian...

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on October 14 urged China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, or Sinopec Corp, Asia's largest oil refining and petrochemical enterprise,...

Brunei stood in the limelight this year for holding the chairmanship of ASEAN, and the country has positioned itself well on the diplomatic stage,...

Indonesia and South Korea on October 12 agreed to enter a bilateral, three-year currency swap deal worth up to $10 billion, which could help...