S.Korea firm sign billion dollar Myanmar gas deal (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Hyundai Heavy Industries said it signed a 1.4 billion dollar deal Tuesday with another South Korean firm to develop a huge natural gasfield in military-ruled Myanmar.
Impoverished 97-year-old wins big in Vietnam lottery (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A poverty-stricken 97-year-old man in Vietnam won up to 400,000 dollars in a lottery, a report said Tuesday, sparking a frenzy among relatives eager to get a piece of his new-found wealth.
Vietnam to build coastal road ink to Cambodia, Thailand (Thanh Nien Daily)
Construction will begin next month on a 220-km long coastal road in the Mekong Delta as part of an international highway linking the country with Cambodia and Thailand, according to the project s management board.
Vietnamese firms eye investment in Burma (Asia News Network)
Gia Lai Joint Stock Co (HAGL) will be among several Vietnamese companies to invest in Burma, chairman of the company’s management board Doan Nguyen Duc has told local media. In an interview with the …..
Myanmar and Thailand agree on registering migrant workers (EARTHtimes.org)
Yangon – Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand have been given until the end of the month to register with authorities or face possible deportation, the English-language Myanmar Times reported Sunday. Myanmar and Thai officials agreed on the Thai Natio…
Jakarta bomb ‘financier’ on trial (BBC News)
The trial of those suspected of involvement in last year’s Jakarta bombing continues with the case of the alleged financier.
Get maids from Papua New Guinea, Myanmar, Timor Leste – papa (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Association of Foreign Maid Agencies (Papa) has urged the government to consider recruiting maids from Papua New Guinea, Myanmar and Timor Leste.
Philippine bishops call for sacking over condoms (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Catholic bishops in the Philippines on Tuesday called for the health secretary to be sacked as they sought to escalate a row over the government’s promotion of condoms.
FBI: Alleged sex tourist taught in Cambodia (San Diego Union-Tribune)
A man who taught English in Cambodia was returned to the U.S. Monday to face charges of traveling abroad to have sex with a minor, according to the FBI.
Militant on trial over funding Jakarta bombings (AFP via Yahoo! News)
An Indonesian militant went on trial on Tuesday accused of helping to finance deadly attacks on luxury hotels in Jakarta last year, charges that risk up to 15 years in jail.
Myanmar and Thailand agree on registering migrant workers (Gulf Times)
DPA/Yangon Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand have been given until the end of the month to register with authorities or face possible deportation, the English-language Myanmar Times reported yesterday.
Indonesian stands trial over hotel bombings (AP via Yahoo! News)
An alleged Indonesian militant accused of flying to Saudi Arabia to raise money to finance suicide attacks on two Jakarta hotels said Tuesday that the case against him had been fabricated.
Total Access Downplays Thai Industry Concern on Thaksin Verdict (BusinessWeek)
Total Access Communications Pcl, Thailand s No.2 mobile-phone operator, is more concerned about unrest stemming from this week s decision on whether to seize former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra s assets than any implications the court ruling will have for its business.
