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South East Asia
Australia to become ‘Food Superpower’
Australia: Asia’s next food bonanza Australia would become a ‘food superpower,’ capitalising on a $2 trillion export opportunity in Asia, the Australia’s leading newspaper The Australian reports. In a speech delivered at The Australian and The Wall Street Journal‘s inaugural Global Food Forum in Melbourne, billionaire packaging and recycling magnate…
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Vietnamese race at World’s Heritage Hung Kings’ Temple Festival
People race during Hung Kings’ Temple Festival 2013 in Phu Tho province, Vietnam, April 18, 2013. The Hung Kings’ Temple Festival was recognized as the World’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2012. <Xinhua/VNA>
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East Asia
Chairman Yu meets President of Cambodian Royalist Party Rasmey
Yu Zhengsheng (R), chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, meets with Norodom Arun Rasmey, president of Cambodian royalist party Funcinpec, in Beijing, capital of China, April 17, 2013. <Xinhua/Pang Xinglei>
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South East Asia
An Indonesian sews his mouth in hunger strike against rising fuel costs
A college student sews his mouth as he participates in a hunger strike against rising fuel costs in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 17, 2013. The Indonesian government would possibly increase price of subsidized fuel should the energy and mineral resources ministry fail to control consumption of the fuel in two key…
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East Asia
Aung San Suu Kyi meets with Japanese FM Fumio Kishida
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) poses with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida prior to their meeting at Foreign Ministry’s Iikura Guesthouse in Tokyo, Japan, April 16, 2013. <Xinhua/Ma Ping>
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South East Asia
Activists dressed as injured orangutans demand action to save animals
Activists dressed as injured orangutans take part in a protest demanding that Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to take immediate action to save the animal outside the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, April 15, 2013. Orangutan populations in Indonesia’s Borneo and Sumatera island are facing severe threats from habitat…
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East Asia
Suu Kyi visits Japan for the first time in 27 years
Nobel laureate and Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was greeted by dozens of flag-waving well-wishers, including people from her home country, as she arrived in Japan on Saturday for a weeklong visit. She later met with other people from Myanmar, packing a Tokyo hall, and answered their questions…
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New Year in Myanmar: people celebrate water festival
Vehicles carrying revelers line up towards a pavilion from where another group of revelers spray water during the traditional Thingyan celebrations in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, April 14, 2013. Myanmar celebrated its annual water festival, known as Thingyan, from Saturday, marking the start of the New Year according to the traditional…
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South East Asia
Lion Air jet crashes into sea as all 108 passengers and crew survive
The wreckage of a Lion Air jet sits in the ocean near the airport in Bali, Indonesia on Sunday, April 14, 2013. All 108 passengers and crew survived after the new Lion Air jet crashed into the ocean and snapped into two while attempting to land Saturday on the Indonesian…
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South East Asia
ADB forecasts Indonesian economic growth at 6.4%
A worker pulls a rack of motorcycle helmets at the Sumber Rejeki manufacturing facility in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 9, 2013. Indonesia will sustain a strong economic growth of 6.4 percent and 6.6 percent in 2013 and 2014 respectively fueled by robust private consumption and improving investment performance, the Asian Development…
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