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US to scrutinise Vietnam over alleged currency manipulation
The US government will look into Vietnam’s practices of determining the dong’s exchange rate to the US...
Vietnam corporations line up to start business with North Korea when sanctions fall
Companies from Vietnam are eager to be among the first to do business with and in North Korea should international sanctions be lifted, positioning...
Cambodia garment makers get nervous over Hun Sen’s policies
The Cambodian textile and garment sector, the main pillar of the impoverished country’s export industry, starts feeling the heat of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s...
Cambodia’s authoritarian leader will end like Mugabe, says opponent
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen will end his political life like Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe, exiled former opposition chief Sam Rainsy told...
Philippines halts trade with North Korea
The Philippines, North Korea's fifth-largest source of imports, will suspend all trade with the pariah state in order to comply with a UN Security...
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Politics unchained: PacMan to run for Philippine president, Najib seeks return to Malaysian parliament
Philippine boxing legend-turned-politician Manny Pacquiao, nicknamed PacMan, declared on September 19 that he decided to run for president of the Philippine in the 2022...
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Southeast Asia’s first electric vehicle battery plant is in the making
South Korean companies LG Energy Solution and Hyundai Motor Company began the construction of a new plant for electric vehicle batteries in Indonesia on...