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Based on 10 verified sources covering Myanmar, Thailand, MY:

After every banana harvest, piles of discarded trunks typically cluttered Hanisa Boumin’s farm in Kampung Kurangji, Kota Marudu, Sabah. [1]

Robin Hu is advisory senior director at Temasek and Asia chair of the Milken Institute. [2]

PUTAO, Kachin State — At least twice a year, the people of an ethnic tribe living at the foot of a snow-capped mountain in Burma’s Himalayan foothills travel hundreds of miles through dense forests, mountains, and cliff paths to trade for basic foods... [4]

HANOI -- Marubeni Growth Capital Asia (MGCA), the Singapore-based investment arm of Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation, has acquired a significant minority stake in Vietnamese food ingredients and packaged food producer AIG Asia Ingredients C... [5]

SINGAPORE -- Zulkarnain Muhamed resides in Johor Bahru but works across the border in Singapore. [6]

KIA Raid N’wan Yang PMF In Waingmaw The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) destroyed the camp of a regime-affiliated armed group in Waingmaw Township. [7]

RANGOON — The Burma Army has ordered more than 1,000 Kachin villagers to leave three villages near the jade mining town of Hpakant, Kachin State, warning civilians that there be could fighting between the army and Kachin rebels soon, local sources sa... [8]

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha arrived in the southern province before chairing the cabinet’s first upcountry mobile meeting this year. Upon his arrival at Krabi airport, Gen Prayut was briefed on a project to renovate its passenger terminal. [9]

Sources
[1] MY www.thestar.com.my · 2025-10-31 · 85% match

Sabahan women turn banana trunks into eco-friendly products

After every banana harvest, piles of discarded trunks typically cluttered Hanisa Boumin’s farm in Kampung Kurangji, Kota Marudu, Sabah.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-01-21 · 36% match

Hainan breaks apart the Hong Kong-Singapore two-hub model

Robin Hu is advisory senior director at Temasek and Asia chair of the Milken Institute.

[3] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-08-20 · 36% match

KIA retakes two camps near Indawgyi Lake after clashes with Myanmar junta

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-01-12 · 42% match

Burma’s 200-Mile Shopping Trip

PUTAO, Kachin State — At least twice a year, the people of an ethnic tribe living at the foot of a snow-capped mountain in Burma’s Himalayan foothills travel hundreds of miles through dense forests, mountains, and cliff paths to trade for basic foods

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-11-08 · 40% match

Marubeni Growth Capital Asia invests in Vietnam food firm AIG

HANOI -- Marubeni Growth Capital Asia (MGCA), the Singapore-based investment arm of Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation, has acquired a significant minority stake in Vietnamese food ingredients and packaged food producer AIG Asia Ingredients C

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-06-02 · 39% match

Coronavirus-torn Asia looks to reconnect with 'travel bubbles'

SINGAPORE -- Zulkarnain Muhamed resides in Johor Bahru but works across the border in Singapore.

[7] MM kachinnews.com · 2022-08-04 · 38% match

KIA Raid N’wan Yang PMF In Waingmaw

KIA Raid N’wan Yang PMF In Waingmaw The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) destroyed the camp of a regime-affiliated armed group in Waingmaw Township.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-10-15 · 38% match

Army Orders 1,000 Villagers to Leave, As Tensions Rise Near Hpakant

RANGOON — The Burma Army has ordered more than 1,000 Kachin villagers to leave three villages near the jade mining town of Hpakant, Kachin State, warning civilians that there be could fighting between the army and Kachin rebels soon, local sources sa

[9] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2021-11-15 · 38% match

Thai PM meets business operators in Krabi during mobile cabinet meeting

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha arrived in the southern province before chairing the cabinet’s first upcountry mobile meeting this year. Upon his arrival at Krabi airport, Gen Prayut was briefed on a project to renovate its passenger terminal.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-01-15 · 38% match

Japan's premium Matsusaka beef set to take off abroad in 2023

Food & BeverageJapan's premium Matsusaka beef set to take off abroad in 2023 Industry group to boost annual quota 13-fold and hold event in Dubai Like Kobe beef, meat from Matsusaka cattle is famed for its marbling.

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