Abhisit Opens ASEAN Conference Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva says that Asean leaders must focus their efforts to make the proposed Southeast Asia economic area a reality by 2015, In addressing the opening formal procedure of the Asean summit yesterday, Mr Abhisit robustly upheld the role of the Asean secretary-general in conveying pressing issues to the [...]

Price of Rice Not Nice in Hong Kong (1com Thai News) A rice shortage is to Hong Kong what Godzilla is to Tokyo. A 30 per cent rise in the cost of rice has led to hoarding and panic buying among residents of Hong Kong as the specter of living a day without rice casts [...]