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Entries Tagged as 'Asia-Pacific'

TTG Asia – VisitBritain cultivates Indonesian market

May 15th, 2013 · No Comments

Greg Lowe, reporting from Destination Britain and Ireland, Bangkok, May 15, 2013 VISITBRITAIN is focusing on Indonesia as a new growth market in South-east Asia, a move that will be catalysed by direct Jakarta-London flights scheduled to start later this year. The NTO has categorised Indonesia as a “nurture market” or a territory with solid […]

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Tags: Asia-Pacific · Bangkok · travel trade · TTG Asia

Robbie Fowler comes to Thailand as Buriram PEA kicks off football training academy

July 20th, 2011 · No Comments

Thai football bolstered by ‘God,’ Africa and a former politician in Isaan Robbie Fowler isn’t the only football talent heading to Thailand. A new initiative plans to make Buriram a driving force in the development of The Beautiful Game By Greg Lowe Global football fans were rightly surprised earlier this month when legendary English player […]

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Tags: Asia-Pacific · Bangkok · CNNGo.com · football · politics · Thailand

Burma earthquake: Eyewitness account

April 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

Part of The Guardian’s recent feature: Natural disasters? Floods, earthquakes, landslides: 2011 is a year of disasters. Bill McKibben asks: are we to blame? March: Magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck about 30 miles north of Tachileik on the Thai-Burma border Human cost: At least 75 dead; more than 110 injured Economic cost: Not yet known Survivor’s […]

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Tags: Asia-Pacific · Burma · natural disasters · The Guardian

Shangri-La Dialogue Highlights Challenges for Asian Regional Security

June 9th, 2010 · No Comments

By Greg Lowe Asia-Pacific nations must renew their efforts to form a coherent and collaborative response to the region’s complex security risks and its inherent potential for instability, senior delegates at a high-level regional forum say. Food and energy security, ethnic conflicts, insurgencies and rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula were key issues discussed at […]

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Tags: Asia-Pacific · military · security · World Politics Review