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Foreign investors irritated over political tensions in Thailand
Police use water cannons against street protesters in Bangkok on October 16 (Picture: Twitter)
Peaceful street protest by...
Political tensions taking toll on Cambodia’s vital garment industry
The current political uncertainty in Cambodia forced more than 70 garment and footwear factories in Cambodia to close down and look to alternative countries...
South Korea cuts last ties to the North: Kaesong shuts down
South Korean companies on February 11 started leaving the Kaesong Industrial Complex, a special administrative zone on North Korean soil near the country's southern...
Thai opposition stokes fears of coup, ‘civil war’
Thailand's opposition leader Abhisit Vejjajiva, head of the Democrat Party, in his recent speeches warned the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra "not to...
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Indonesia to start construction of new capital in August
Indonesia’s government will start construction of the first government buildings at its new capital Nusantara in August, the country’s minister of public works and...
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Vietnam to develop 41 smart cities
Vietnam’s economic planners have presented ideas to create smart cities in 41 out of the 63 provinces and cities in the country in order...