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Thai PM Paetongtarn visits Chanthaburi province, meets fruit growers to address agricultural challenges

During the meeting, durian growers urged the government to support both Thai and foreign traders to maintain a stable export base and avoid price suppression as fruit production…

  • Published: May 19, 20251:58 pm
  • Author The Nation
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Nissan to offer early retirement to Japan employees; 1st such offer in 18 years

In explaining the reasons behind the decision, the company reportedly said that optimizing administrative expenses is becoming extremely important amid the increasingly difficult…

  • Published: May 19, 20251:56 pm
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Chinese steel factory in Thailand’s Chonburi found violating suspension order

A special taskforce from the Ministry of Industry has discovered that a steel factory, jointly owned by a Chinese firm, violated a suspension order and resumed the production of…

  • Published: April 24, 20251:30 pm
  • Author The Nation
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Instant retail in China sizzles as turf war among big names heats up

The company emphasised that it will never force its riders to "choose one out of two" platforms, encouraging them to accept orders freely from different platforms. JD will also…

  • Published: April 23, 20251:45 pm
  • Author Fan Feifei
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China’s proactive policy helps woo foreign investors

Despite operating in different industry sectors, several multinational corporations — such as Germany's Siemens AG, Tapestry Inc of the United States and Japan's Takeda…

  • Published: April 8, 20252:02 pm
  • Author Zhong Nan
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ByteDance, US discuss TikTok’s future in the country

The company said in a statement that there are still key matters to be resolved, adding that any agreement will be subject to approval under Chinese laws.

  • Published: April 7, 20252:07 pm
  • Author Fan Feifei
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China’s environment ministry to expand carbon trading program by including three industrial sectors

Launched in 2021, China's carbon trading market, already world's largest, currently involves 2,200 coal-fired power generation companies, which annually contribute about 5 billion…

  • Published: March 28, 20252:29 pm
  • Author China Daily
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Indonesian government starts shifting state-owned enterprises shares to sovereign wealth fund holding

President Prabowo Subianto has appointed Investment and Downstream Minister Rosan Roeslani as Danantara’s CEO and Deputy SOE Minister Dony Oskaria as chief operating officer to…

  • Published: March 28, 20252:23 pm
  • Author Aditya Hadi
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Nepal’s two-tier airfares: Are they fair?

The provision has helped keep domestic flight operators afloat. The system’s removal could lead to a loss of $75 million a year in foreign exchange.

  • Published: March 17, 20252:09 pm
  • Author Sangam Prasain
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Japan delays abolishment of company size threshold for mandatory enrollment in employee pension program

LDP members are concerned about the financial burden the additional premiums would place on small and midsize businesses prompted the abolishment to be deferred and the entire…

  • Published: February 4, 20252:12 pm
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun

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