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BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Police say that 54 Burmese migrant workers suffocated and died in the back of a truck in southern Thailand while being smuggled across the country. Another 47 workers have su…

Fear of shortages as rice prices keep rising

BANGKOK, 10 April 2008 (IRIN) - As food prices continue to skyrocket throughout Asia, many governments are intervening to try to stabilise their domestic rice prices for fear of acute shortages and po…

French navy ship arrives in Cambodia

Phnom Penh - The French naval vessel Dupuy de Lome docked at the south-western deepwater Cambodian port of Sihanoukville on Thursday for a four-day courtesy visit, Sihanoukville governor Say Hak said….

Constitution changes for Thailand

rare role offered to the public to participate in its drafting. “What is written can be rewritten,” Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej was quoted as saying in The Nation newspaper on Wednesday …

Vietnam launch bear rescue centre

The centre, near the capital of Hanoi, has capacity for over 100 bears and is the first of its kind in the country The centre, near the capital of Hanoi, has capacity for over 100 bears and is the fir…

East's Yang finds football a perfect fit
Wausau Daily Herald, WI - 2 hours ago
By Chris Schulte When Wausau East senior Kong Yang was in eighth grade, like many of his Hmong friends, he began to play soccer.

the sun is up in seoul

so i made it to seoul and i have a short layover. i am feeling more sluggish than i would’ve expected, but that could be cause i ate a whopper at the airport in seattle. i justified it cause i wouldn’t be eating any beef once i arrived in delhi. but d…

Meet the family: Thaos mindful of language, heritage
Green Bay Press Gazette, WI - 3 hours ago
Also important in the Thao household is maintaining the Hmong language. "I always want my kids to speak Hmong as much as they can when they are at home and

BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Police say that 54 Burmese migrant workers suffocated and died in the back of a truck in southern Thailand while being smuggled across the country. Another 47 workers have su…

Fifty-four migrant workers from Myanmar, most of them women, suffocated in the back of a seafood truck in southern Thailand while being smuggled to the popular resort island of Phuket, police said tod…

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