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AG: death sentence of three Indonesian Catholics is irrevocable According to the latest statement of Abdul Rahman Saleh, the execution of Tibo and his friends will take place before the month is out. [1]

HONG KONG -- Shares of Posco attracted investors on Friday morning. As soon as the market opened, the shares briefly soared to 331,000 won, up 1.2% from Thursday, renewing the year-to-date high. It was the highest since Sept. 29, 2014. [2]

JAKARTA -- Indonesia's Pertamina has picked an industry insider as its new chief despite President Joko Widodo's push for an outside appointee, raising doubts about the effectiveness of his campaign to reform the country's state-run enterprises and e... [3]

The video of Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt opening the new Phran Nok-Phutthamonthon Sai 4 Road lasts only a few seconds, yet it has gone viral for that exact reason. [4]

7,000 march and pray for death row Catholics In Flores, a procession, three km long, recited the rosary, as per tradition, and called for the release of Tibo and his friends. [5]

SEOUL -- Posco has opened a steel wire processing center in the American state of Indiana amid discontent in Washington over the trade deficit with South Korea. [6]

SEOUL -- Steel giant Posco's operating profit more than quadrupled in the third quarter from a year ago thanks to rising global steel prices, resulting in record-high quarterly earnings. (confirmed by 2 sources) [7]

SEOUL -- Posco will close a nearly 50-year-old furnace in its home city next year, the South Korean steelmaker said Tuesday, part of an effort to become more competitive as earnings sag amid a worldwide steel glut. [8]

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[1] MM asianews.it · 69% match

AG: death sentence of three Indonesian Catholics is irrevocable

AG: death sentence of three Indonesian Catholics is irrevocable According to the latest statement of Abdul Rahman Saleh, the execution of Tibo and his friends will take place before the month is out.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-07-21 · 37% match

Posco shares briefly hit 34-month high on improved Q2 results

HONG KONG -- Shares of Posco attracted investors on Friday morning. As soon as the market opened, the shares briefly soared to 331,000 won, up 1.2% from Thursday, renewing the year-to-date high. It was the highest since Sept. 29, 2014.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-03-17 · 37% match

Power struggle at Pertamina bodes ill for Widodo's reforms

JAKARTA -- Indonesia's Pertamina has picked an industry insider as its new chief despite President Joko Widodo's push for an outside appointee, raising doubts about the effectiveness of his campaign to reform the country's state-run enterprises and e

[4] TH bangkokpost.com · 2023-07-03 · 37% match

Efficiency over pomp

The video of Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt opening the new Phran Nok-Phutthamonthon Sai 4 Road lasts only a few seconds, yet it has gone viral for that exact reason.

[5] MM asianews.it · 40% match

7,000 march and pray for death row Catholics

7,000 march and pray for death row Catholics In Flores, a procession, three km long, recited the rosary, as per tradition, and called for the release of Tibo and his friends.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2017-09-26 · 35% match

Posco opens steel-processing center in Indiana

SEOUL -- Posco has opened a steel wire processing center in the American state of Indiana amid discontent in Washington over the trade deficit with South Korea.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-10-25 · 32% match

Posco Q3 operating profit quadruples on rising steel prices

SEOUL -- Steel giant Posco's operating profit more than quadrupled in the third quarter from a year ago thanks to rising global steel prices, resulting in record-high quarterly earnings.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-07-21 · 35% match

Posco to shut aging furnace as coronavirus erodes steel demand

SEOUL -- Posco will close a nearly 50-year-old furnace in its home city next year, the South Korean steelmaker said Tuesday, part of an effort to become more competitive as earnings sag amid a worldwide steel glut.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-06-04 · 33% match

No Evidence of Any ARSA Links to ISIS: Terrorism Expert

BANGKOK—Security expert and director of Jakarta-based NGO the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) Sidney Jones visited Bangkok last week to speak about pro-ISIS networks in Southeast Asia.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-01-05 · 33% match

Burma Faces Danger From IS Militants, Malaysian Police Say

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Burma faces a growing danger of attacks by foreign supporters of Islamic State (IS) recruited from Southeast Asian networks in support of persecuted Muslim Rohingyas, Malaysia’s top counter-terrorism official has said.

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