TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday (Mar 10) he has instructed the ruling coalition to propose a package of measures to beat rising prices next week, in a move aimed at shoring up a fragile economic recovery from pandemic-induced doldrums. The instruction was made during a meetingContinue Reading
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Chartpattanakla Party leader Korn Chatikavanij is undergoing possibly his biggest endurance test in the pre-poll campaign by attempting to swim across a section of the vast Songkhla Lake.Continue Reading
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