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Duty-free shops in arrivals areas of international airports in Thailand will be closed to encourage more spending by visitors in domestic stores, the Thai cabinet has said.

The Philippines' annual inflation rate decelerated to 3.7% in June from 3.9% in May due to the easing of energy and transport costs, the country’s Statistics Authority (PSA) said on July 5.

Hungary has officially assumed the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), for a term that extends until December 31 of this year.

Scientists have discovered what they believed to be the world’s oldest artwork that depicts three people gathering around a big red pig in a cave on the Indonesian island of South Sulawesi.

A new international train service connecting Bangkok and Vientiane will begin on July 19, the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) announced on July 3.

Thailand's rice exports in the first five months of 2024 increased 16.5% year on year to nearly 4.06 million tonnes worth 94.6 billion THB (2.6 billion USD)

The Egypt-European Union (EU) Investment Conference in Cairo, on June 29 and 30, expanded the door for cooperation and investment between the two sides.

Statistics Indonesia (BPS) has reported that the number of people categorised as poor in Indonesia has declined by 3.06 million, or around 2.22%,

Vietnamese Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat held working sessions with the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF),

The Republic of Korea (RoK) Government and doctors' representatives are set to negotiate a way to end the long-standing impasse, over the government's healthcare reform plan.

Bouncing back from pandemic-era losses, Southeast Asian airlines are signing big aircraft purchase deals to capture demand as tourists return to the region.

Bouncing back from losses during the COVID-19 pandemic, Southeast Asian airlines are signing big aircraft purchase contracts in a race to meet increasing travel needs.