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The United States used to own the commercial and diplomatic franchise in Southeast Asia’s economic and political fate and fortune. Such is no longer the case. China has been on a rampage to steal the thunder from the US over the past few years. It..
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Southeast Asia will be hit particularly hard by climate change, causing the region’s agriculture-dependent economies to contract by as much as 6.7 percent...
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AP, Bangkok
Southeast Asia will be hit particularly hard by climate change, causing the region’s agriculture-dependent economies to contract by as much as 6.7 percent...
made popular Apr 27 2009
AP, Jakarta
Indonesia, the largest economy in Southeast Asia, is coming under increasing strain from the financial crisis with new projections showing plummeting exports and...
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AP, Cha-am
Southeast Asia will be “severely tested” as the global financial crisis deepens, Thailand’s leader warned Saturday, as the export-dependent region...
made popular Feb 28 2009
AP, Jakarta
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is hoping to rehabilitate America’s image abroad, especially with Muslims, during a visit to Indonesia and to strengthen...
made popular Feb 18 2009
AP, Bangkok
Rising prices for opium in Southeast Asia and the global economic downturn may trigger a surge in the cultivation of the illegal drug in Myanmar, which until recently...
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AP, Kuala Lumpur
Southeast Asia’s leading budget airline said Tuesday it will give away 100,000 plane tickets as part of a regional marketing campaign to woo tourists to Thailand...
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AP, Kuala Lumpur
Southeast Asia’s top budget carrier AirAsia said Tuesday it would offer 100,000 free tickets to Thailand under a regional marketing campaign to support its...
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AP, Kuala Lumpur
Shares of Southeast Asia’s top budget airline AirAsia and Malaysian Airlines fell Monday after both carriers reported weaker earnings in the third quarter.
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AP, Singapore
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., the largest telephone company in Southeast Asia, said Wednesday that profit fell 12 percent in the July-September period as a...
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Southeast Asian nations, backed by Japan, China and South Korea, have agreed to set up a multi-billion dollar fund to buy toxic debt and help the region’s banks...
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United States is increasingly focused on Muslim Mindanao which could be a vital cog to America’s ability to build on the peace and stability of the Southeast Asian...
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AP, Barnstable
A Massachusetts man serving 25 years for raping girls on trips to Southeast Asia has died in a federal prison.
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AP, Jakarta
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AP, Singapore
North Korea’s reclusive communist regime, long seen as a nuclear threat to the region, signed a nonaggression pact Thursday with Southeast Asia, in a largely...
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AP, Singapore
North Korea’s reclusive communist regime, long seen as a nuclear threat to the region, signed a nonaggression pact Thursday with Southeast Asia, in a largely...
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AP, Boston
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AP, Jakarta
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