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Poverty rate drops in Indonesia
Indonesia's Central Statistics Agency (BPS) announced on July 18 that the percentage of the Indonesian population living below the poverty line decreased by 2.11...
Philippines clears streets of the poor ahead of APEC summit
The Philippine government is clearing Manila's streets of hundreds of homeless Manila residents, including more than 140 street children ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic...
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Cambodian banana exports surge nearly 30% on high demand from China
Cambodia exported 423,168 tonnes of fresh bananas in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 27 per cent, The Phnom Penh Post cited data from the...
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Laos’ central bank authorises first two crypto trading platforms
The Bank of the Lao P.D.R. has issued licenses to two companies to trade in cryptocurrencies, Xinhua reported.
The first authorised platform is Lao Digital...