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Based on 10 verified sources covering Myanmar, Thailand:

SEOUL/BANGKOK -- Competition in South Korea's duty-free market is about to heat up. A potentially formidable third player is set to descend on the capital city. [2]

DAEGU, South Korea -- As campaigners around the world mark International Women's Day on Saturday with marches and celebrations, Shin Gyeong-ja will be doing what she does nearly every weekend -- clocking in for another long shift in the produce secti... [4]

MATSUE, Japan -- Blessed with hot springs and beautiful scenery, the bucolic city of Matsue wants to provide a retreat for stressed-out telecommuters from the big city -- with the hope of convincing them to permanently settle and work here. [5]

SEOUL/NEW YORK -- The collapse of Hanjin Shipping, South Korea's biggest oceanic transport company, in late August, is now threatening Christmas -- or at least the preceding shopping season. [6]

CHICAGO Surrounded by ice sculptures rising high above snow-covered hills, Matt Trusch tried baijiu for the first time in Harbin, a city in northeast China known for its sub-zero temperatures, on his 21st birthday. [7]

WAUSAU, Wisconsin -- Paul Hsu, a Taiwanese-born U.S. ginseng company owner, is retiring after 44 years of building his business in Wausau, Wisconsin, leaving the country's largest ginseng company by sales, Hsu's Ginseng Enterprises, to his son Will. [8]

The “fun” lasted over a week, beginning in many places around Pattaya on April 12 and coming to a watery end on the 19th. [9]

NARATHIWAT - A human rights defender in southern Thailand has offered forgiveness to the Royal Thai Navy after a court threw out a charge against her arising from a post that lived on the internet for only 30 minutes. [10]

Note: This briefing is based on limited source coverage. The evidence may be incomplete or outdated.

Sources
[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-03-14 · 37% match

Soju mixes it up for a new generation of South Korean drinkers

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-11-18 · 36% match

Shinsegae may threaten Lotte's dominance in South Korea

SEOUL/BANGKOK -- Competition in South Korea's duty-free market is about to heat up. A potentially formidable third player is set to descend on the capital city.

[3] MM www2.irrawaddy.com · 41% match

Maung Aye To Visit Russia

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-03-08 · 35% match

South Korea's gender chasm: Women still consigned to dim job and life prospects

DAEGU, South Korea -- As campaigners around the world mark International Women's Day on Saturday with marches and celebrations, Shin Gyeong-ja will be doing what she does nearly every weekend -- clocking in for another long shift in the produce secti

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-07-05 · 35% match

With hot springs and yoga, Matsue creates a teleworkers' paradise

MATSUE, Japan -- Blessed with hot springs and beautiful scenery, the bucolic city of Matsue wants to provide a retreat for stressed-out telecommuters from the big city -- with the hope of convincing them to permanently settle and work here.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-10-02 · 35% match

Seoul tries to smooth the way for Christmas

SEOUL/NEW YORK -- The collapse of Hanjin Shipping, South Korea's biggest oceanic transport company, in late August, is now threatening Christmas -- or at least the preceding shopping season.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-05-25 · 34% match

ByeJoe makes China's 'white liquor' palatable for the West

CHICAGO Surrounded by ice sculptures rising high above snow-covered hills, Matt Trusch tried baijiu for the first time in Harbin, a city in northeast China known for its sub-zero temperatures, on his 21st birthday.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-07-07 · 33% match

American ginseng squeezed by US-China tariff war

WAUSAU, Wisconsin -- Paul Hsu, a Taiwanese-born U.S. ginseng company owner, is retiring after 44 years of building his business in Wausau, Wisconsin, leaving the country's largest ginseng company by sales, Hsu's Ginseng Enterprises, to his son Will.

[9] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2013-04-25 · 33% match

Songkran comes to a watery end

The “fun” lasted over a week, beginning in many places around Pattaya on April 12 and coming to a watery end on the 19th.

[10] TH bangkokpost.com · 2023-07-03 · 32% match

Court tosses navy lawsuit against southern Thai activist

NARATHIWAT - A human rights defender in southern Thailand has offered forgiveness to the Royal Thai Navy after a court threw out a charge against her arising from a post that lived on the internet for only 30 minutes.

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