Thailand races to stop 100 cargo ships with toxic waste from reaching its shores
Thai authorities are racing to stop about 100 shipping containers allegedly filled with hazardous industrial waste from Albania reaching the nation’s ports.
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Amid ‘tsunami’ of Chinese imports, dumping fears, Thailand seeks to curb online sales
Thailand plans to limit online sales of foreign goods as Chinese imports come under closer scrutiny across a region that’s feeling an increasing impact from cheap items flooding the market and hurting local manufacturers.
Philippines and Vietnam coastguards hold first joint drills near South China Sea
The Philippine and Vietnamese coastguards have held firefighting and search-and-rescue exercises off Manila, the first such drills between the two countries with maritime disputes with Beijing in the South China Sea.
Malaysia ‘going up’ the chip ladder as Infineon opens US$7.7 billion plant
Anwar highlighted the need for the local government and universities to help train the necessary talent to better accommodate Kuala Lumpur’s efforts to bulk up the local chip industry. This comes as major governments around the world are spending tens of billions to bolster the domestic production of semiconductors, a commodity that is regarded as one of the most strategic goods for countries to develop emerging technologies.
Better pay, cheaper rent: inflation-squeezed New Zealanders leave for Australia in droves
“We are paid so much better here,” said Connie Valdez Gamalinda, who moved with her husband and young daughter to Geelong, near Melbourne, from Porirua, near Wellington, earlier this year.
Sheikh Hasina won’t return to Bangladesh, Pakistan and US stoked protests, son says
“She said she will never go back to Bangladesh,” Sajeeb Wazed, Hasina’s son and an adviser in her ousted government, said in a phone interview from Washington. “In fact, to be entirely candid, she told me that none of our family will ever go back to Bangladesh.”
Sri Lanka party names Rajapaksa scion as presidential candidate for September 21 election
A scion of the powerful Rajapaksa clan is running for Sri Lankan president in elections next month, more than two years after his populist uncle led the country to its worst economic crisis ever.
South Korea EV explosion sparks charging warning, safety fears
An unplugged electric Mercedes-Benz sedan caught fire last Thursday in an underground car park at an apartment complex in Incheon, west of Seoul, according to fire authorities. More than 700 residents were evacuated due to water and power outages and the blaze damaged some 140 cars, according to the Incheon Metropolitan City government. Twenty three people were hospitalised.