Category: Regional
Cambodian police break up Nike factory protest
Cambodian riot police on Monday broke up a protest by several thousand workers at a factory making clothes for US sportswear giant Nike and arrested eight people, labour [...]
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12 bodies of Burma immigrants found in sea off Thailand after boat sinks
Police say at least 12 bodies of migrant workers from Myanmar were found floating in the sea on Thailand’s west coast after their boat sank during bad weather. Police [...]
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Thailand gets real with India
Despite thousands of years of common history and culture, Thailand and India have not bonded in the modern world. Thailand has repeatedly glossed over the civilisation that [...]
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Before China, Antony to visit Singapore, Australia, Thailand
Before a much anticipated visit to China where discussions on fragile bilateral military relations, accentuated by the recent border stand-off in Ladakh, will top the agenda, [...]
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China, India, Pakistan boost nuclear arsenals: study
Three of the world’s nuclear powers – China, India and Pakistan – have increased their arsenals over the past year, while the other five have cut their [...]
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US rebalance to Asia-Pacific gaining steam, Pentagon chief says
The US military will devote more air power, ground troops and high-tech weaponry to the Asia-Pacific region as it moves ahead with a strategic rebalance, the US defense chief [...]
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Burma web users looking online for freedom
Kam Khan Cin travelled for four days from his remote mountaintop town to attend Myanmar’s forum on web freedom as the country embraces its long-vilified netisens as [...]
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Burma leader vows to curb poverty
Myanmar President Thein Sein pledged on Sunday to tackle chronic poverty in the long-isolated nation, whose economy was left in tatters by decades of harsh junta rule. [...]
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India cricket chief defies pressure to quit
India’s cricket chief Sunday defied calls to quit over a betting scandal in the country’s top domestic competition but agreed to step aside to allow an [...]
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Australia’s Cochlear dives 9 pct after profit warning
Cochlear Ltd, the world’s biggest maker of hearing implants, fell more than 9 percent at the opening of trade on Monday after it warned its 2013 full-year net profit [...]
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No more Nice Guy: Indian bankers suit up for war on debt defaulters
Fed up with a profitable textile company’s failure to repay its loan, India’s UCO Bank (UCBK.NS) has taken its grievance public, placing newspaper ads last month [...]
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NZ firms must lift game with China
Blaming difficulties with our biggest trading partner on cultural difference is not good enough as stakes rise In China we also face a hard-nosed business culture but we do [...]
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Vietnam PM seeks regional unity as China pushes maritime claims
Vietnam’s prime minister called for unity among Southeast Asian countries as China asserts its claims to the energy-rich South China Sea, warning that any conflict [...]
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UN ‘dismayed’ by China, Laos handover of N. Koreans
The United Nations and United States on Friday took Laos and China to task for forcing nine young asylum seekers back to North Korea, warning that the countries were going [...]
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Vodafone and China Mobile pull out of Burma race
Britain’s Vodafone and China Mobile said on Friday they had pulled out of the battle to win a new license in Myanmar, saying the conditions set by the country did not [...]
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