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Based on 10 verified sources covering Finland, Thailand:

JAKARTA -- Rahmi Yati regularly buys groceries from Alfamart, one of Indonesia's largest convenience store chains -- but mostly online. [1]

RetailIndonesian minimart major Alfamart enters Bangladesh, to open 100 stores Dhaka opening marks company's second overseas foray after the Philippines Indonesia's Sumber Alfaria Trijaya, the operator of the Alfamart convenience store chain, launche... [2]

Long hours, drive for success take deadly toll on workers across Asia TOKYO/GUANGZHOU -- "Goodbye, my beloved and precious mom. Life, work and everything is painful." [4]

Virithipa ‘Woonsen’ Pakdeeprasong (centre), popular actress, VJ and TV host was on a location shoot for the 108 Living TV program at the Pullman Pattaya Hotel G recently. [5]

SINGAPORE -- Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew was largely responsible for the transformation of a small nation at the southernmost tip of the Malaysian Peninsula into one of the wealthiest countries on the planet. [6]

MANILA -- The Ministop convenience store chain in the Philippines is set for a rebranding after the local owner agreed to buy out its Japanese partner. [7]

The Japanese government announced earlier this month that it will posthumously confer the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers, one of the country's highest honors, on former Singaporean leader Lee Kuan Yew, who died last year on March ... [8]

PATTAYA, Thailand – A 61-year-old Chinese woman was left critically injured after being struck by a pickup truck while crossing the road near the Central Pattaya Tunnel exit, February 8. [9]

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 The evidence may be incomplete or outdated.

Sources
[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-03-24 · 31% match

Indonesian minimart king Alfamart boosts quick commerce to reverse slowdown

JAKARTA -- Rahmi Yati regularly buys groceries from Alfamart, one of Indonesia's largest convenience store chains -- but mostly online.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-01-27 · 30% match

Indonesian minimart major Alfamart enters Bangladesh, to open 100 stores

RetailIndonesian minimart major Alfamart enters Bangladesh, to open 100 stores Dhaka opening marks company's second overseas foray after the Philippines Indonesia's Sumber Alfaria Trijaya, the operator of the Alfamart convenience store chain, launche

[3] FI yle.fi · 2022-02-28 · 50% match

News

Russia's invasion is posing a risk to economic growth, but economists say any property slumps in major Finnish cities will be short-lived.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-12-15 · 39% match

Karoshi: Economic prosperity at a personal cost

Long hours, drive for success take deadly toll on workers across Asia TOKYO/GUANGZHOU -- "Goodbye, my beloved and precious mom. Life, work and everything is painful."

[5] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2013-04-17 · 36% match

TV celebs on location at Hotel G

Virithipa ‘Woonsen’ Pakdeeprasong (centre), popular actress, VJ and TV host was on a location shoot for the 108 Living TV program at the Pullman Pattaya Hotel G recently.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2015-03-23 · 34% match

Singapore's great mentor

SINGAPORE -- Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew was largely responsible for the transformation of a small nation at the southernmost tip of the Malaysian Peninsula into one of the wealthiest countries on the planet.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-01-24 · 32% match

Ministop Philippines to rebrand as Japanese partner exits

MANILA -- The Ministop convenience store chain in the Philippines is set for a rebranding after the local owner agreed to buy out its Japanese partner.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-02-19 · 32% match

Lee Kuan Yew and Japan

The Japanese government announced earlier this month that it will posthumously confer the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers, one of the country's highest honors, on former Singaporean leader Lee Kuan Yew, who died last year on March

[9] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2025-02-10 · 32% match

Chinese tourist hit by pickup truck while crossing Pattaya Tunnel exit on Sukhumvit Road at night

PATTAYA, Thailand – A 61-year-old Chinese woman was left critically injured after being struck by a pickup truck while crossing the road near the Central Pattaya Tunnel exit, February 8.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-12-01 · 31% match

'Minimal fab' tech promises faster, cheaper chip production

TOKYO Semiconductor start-up NEITAS has succeeded in creating semiconductor components in 20 hours -- just a fraction of the time normally required -- using a "minimal fab," a system that can produce even a single wafer with low capital spending.

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