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Director General of the ASEAN department at Laos’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chatoulong Bouasisavath has emphasised ongoing efforts to integrate digital payment systems across ASEAN.
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Close to 2,000 households evacuated amid potential floods in northern Myanmar
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Indonesia seeks to diversify food sources
Experts are calling for diversify Indonesians' eating habits, using other starches to replace rice because the domestic rice supply does not meet demand.
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Thailand destroys over 20 tonnes of drugs
The Thai government on June 26 announced that the country has burned more than 20 tonnes of confiscated narcotic drugs worth 6.45 billion THB to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
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Malaysia arrests eight terror suspects over IS links
Malaysia’s Home Affairs Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail on June 24 said that the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) arrested eight people with suspected links to the Islamic State (IS) group.
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Thailand rises to 25th in Global Competitiveness
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Malaysia cleans up beaches hit by oil spill from Singapore
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Thailand eyes to join BRICS soon
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Singapore int’l water week opens
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Malaysia to join BRICS soon
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on June 18 that he has expressed the country’s wish to join the intergovernmental organisation BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) .
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President Putin’s state visit to Vietnam to create new political momentum: scholar
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s state visit to Vietnam on June 19-20 will create political momentum for the two countries’ relations, according to Associate Professor Anna Kireeva.
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Malaysia, Singapore expected to become global hi-tech hubs
The Malaysia-Singapore Special Economic Zone and the proposed Johor-Singapore Rapid Transit System that will be finalised by both countries can have a positive impact.
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Singapore takes urgent actions to deal with oil spill incident
Singapore is urgently conducting beach cleaning and oil spill handling activities in the context that many beaches are being closed and the damage to tourism activities as well as the ecosystem is significant.
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Debt issues behind Bangkok hotel murder-suicide: Thai police
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Malaysia considers OECD membership
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