U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the free trade agreement with South Korea is a “win-win” deal, a day after President Lee Myung-bak signed off on a package of bills needed to implement the landmark agreement.
Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Tuesday that he will visit China next week to promote friendship, trade, tourism and investment.
Somali government forces said Wednesday they managed to thwart a suicide attack on headquarters of the country’s armed forces, the state radio reported.
All the British embassy staff have left Iran, the state IRIB TV reported on its website Wednesday.
Former head of New Zealand Disarming Committee called western states propaganda to show Iran’s peaceful nuclear program dangerous a ‘seduction’, adding that Iran’s effort sto turn into a country with nuclear ability is peaceful.
The customs administrations of Asean member countries will implement a new set of tariff codes for the classification of all goods traded within and outside the region from next year.
Soon-to-be-launched direct air links by MASwings to the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) destinations should boost trade and tourism within the sub-region, said BIMP-EAGA Business Council (Sabah Chapter) chairman Roselan Johar Mohamed.
The Indonesian government will begin offering retail Islamic debt papers (sukuk) to individual investors in March, after previous issuances drew strong interest, despite the shaky global financial market.
Cambodia’s Ministry of Defense has sent a letter to Thailand’s Defense Minister Gen. Yuthasak Sasiprapa to propose the 8th Cambodia-Thailand General Border Commission (GBC) on Dec. 20-25 in Phnom Penh, Lt. Gen. Chhum Socheat, spokesman for Cambodian Ministry of Defense, confirmed on Wednesday.
Afghan and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) arrested a local leader of Haqqani network in Logar province, 60 km south of Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, a press release of the alliance released here said.
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