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Thailand to reclaim top rice exporter spot after poor Indian season
Thailand is set to reclaim its status as the world's top rice exporter as weak monsoon rains curb India's crop, helping the Southeast Asian...
Thai gold jewellery exports to India drop 80%
Amid concerns over the certificate of origin issue, import of gold jewellery from Thailand has dipped by 80.7 per cent in 2013-14, the parliament...
India set to build 100 smart cities
India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), contestant in the country’s 2014 general elections, said in its party manifesto that – besides creating more jobs...
Indian consortium likely to run Cebu airport
India's GMR Infrastructure, operator of the New Delhi and Hyderabad airports, and Philippine-based contractor Megawide Construction Corp are the likely winners of an airport...
Vietnam offers 7 oil blocks to India
In a move that could make China uneasy, India and Vietnam have decided to enhance oil and gas exploration in South China Sea with...
Austrian Airlines seeks Thai flight attendants
Austria's national carrier Austrian Airlines, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, is planning to set up a training base for flight attendant from Thailand, media in...
Tata-Singapore Airlines deal causes stir in India
The recent deal between Singapore Airlines and industrial conglomerate Tata Group to set up a new airline with base in New Delhi has raised...
Singapore Airlines, Tata set up new full-service airline
India's industry conglomerate Tata and Singapore Airlines have agreed to form a joint venture in order to set up a new full-service airline based...
Infographic: Top travel destinations in Asia
Asia is fast growing to be travel destinations for many tourists and has managed to attract people from all across the world. Countries like...
India, ASEAN to sign free trade pact in August
The long-awaited agreement on trade in services and investment between India and the ten ASEAN nations will be inked at the ASEAN economic ministers...
Thorium, the fuel for ASEAN’s future? (video)
Thorium-based nuclear power could soon be a new means of electricity generation in ASEAN if Indonesia pushes ahead with an envisaged Thorium reactor ready...
Singapore, ADB link up for PPPs
International Enterprise (IE) Singapore and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have committed to jointly launch a public-private partnership (PPP) initiative to address the massive...
The yuan continues marching south
Up until September 2012, border trade between Myanmar and China measured $2.4 billion, with 70 per cent coming across the Yunnan-Myanmar border. Trade with India is but a trickle in comparison. Justin Calderon found out why.
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...