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January 22, 2013
NEW DELHI--New vehicle sales in both Thailand and Indonesia topped 1 million units for the first time in 2012.
January 17, 2013
JAKARTA--Heavy monsoon rain triggered severe flooding in large swathes of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, on Jan. 17, bringing the city to a halt with many government offices...
October 30, 2012
CHACHOENGSAO PROVINCE, Thailand--Japanese automakers are increasing production in Thailand as the country has rebounded from devastating floods last year and heightened...
September 11, 2012
SEOUL--Impoverished North Korea has accepted an offer of aid from rival South Korea after devastating summer floods, the South said on Sept. 10, the first time the new...
August 07, 2012
HANOI -- Vietnam says it will donate 5,000 tons of rice to flood-stricken North Korea.
July 30, 2012
SEOUL -- Widespread flooding in North Korea appeared to worsen on July 30 after 24 hours of torrential rain hit the impoverished state which even in times of good harvest is...
July 29, 2012
SEOUL -- Severe flooding across North Korea has killed 88 people and left tens of thousands homeless, state media reported late on July 28, threatening to make the...
July 16, 2012
Most of the quarter-million people forced to flee massive flooding in southwest Japan were able to return home by July 16, but weather officials warned the danger had not fully ...
May 12, 2012
Looming power shortages and the prolonged sovereign debt crisis in Europe are overshadowing corporate Japan’s hopes for a V-shaped earnings recovery for the current fiscal...
May 12, 2012
Thailand’s economy in 2012 will rebound from the severe flooding last year, with a robust 7-percent growth rate “very much seeable,” Thai Deputy Prime Minister Kittiratt...
March 05, 2012
BANGKOK -- Bangkok's Don Muang airport, which is used by private planes, budget airlines and freight carriers, formally reopened on March 5 after being forced to close in late...
February 14, 2012
BANGKOK--Japanese investment in Thailand has continued to rise despite last year’s devastating floods, the head of the Thai government’s Board of Investment (BOI) said on...
January 26, 2012
Electronics giant NEC Corp. said Jan. 26 it will slash 10,000 jobs in Japan and abroad and forecast a net loss of 100 billion yen (about $1.3 billion) for the business year...
January 12, 2012
In 2012, Asia’s economies will suffer the effects of economic stagnation among the developed nations but are expected to continue to post stable levels of growth, supported...
December 29, 2011
Traveling to work by boat, shifting production to upper levels away from the slime and muck, and moving production to outside countries are just a few of the ways companies are ...
December 23, 2011
Combined domestic output of the eight major Japanese automakers was 794,896 units in November, up 4 percent year on year, for the second straight month of increase, their...
December 06, 2011
Thai workers have started arriving in Japan to continue work for Japanese companies that temporarily relocated production after their factories in Thailand were flooded.
November 23, 2011
Toyota Motor Corp. said Nov. 22 it expects its global production to fully recover by the end of this year, after weeks of stalled operations due to disastrous flooding in...
November 23, 2011
BANGKOK--Clean-up and repair work is under way at seven industrial complexes in Thailand inundated for more than a month of flooding. But it could take up to half a year for...
November 16, 2011
BANGKOK--Despite continuing flooding in northern, eastern and western Bangkok, efforts to protect the center of Thailand's capital are showing signs of paying off.