Bangkok, Nov 20 (DPA) In one of the first blows to be felt from the 'Hamburger Crisis' in Thailand, General Motors Thursday announced plans to close its Thailand plant for two months, paying employees 75 percent of their wages.
'If we don't close down we will have an oversupply,' said GM spokesman Chartchai Suwannasevok, confirming the […]
Bangkok, Nov 20 (Xinhua) At least one protester was killed and 19 injured when a bomb exploded Thursday morning inside the Government House complex in Thailand that has been seized by the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) supporters.
The explosion occurred at 3:25 a.m. just a day after the so-called ceasefire during the royal […]
Hong Kong, Nov 19 (DPA) A jobless driver leapt to his death from the 33rd floor of a building in Hong Kong, becoming the latest victim of the economic downturn, the police said Wednesday.
The 29-year-old married man was confirmed dead at the scene after jumping Tuesday evening from the window of his flat. He had […]
Foshan (China), Nov 18 (Xinhua) Thousands of workers in south China's Guangdong Real Faith Enterprises Group Co. have been living a more relaxed life lately, working strictly 40 hours a week.
That is not because they have suddenly become lazy. It is because the board chairman, Liang Fengyi, has cut overtime amid slumping orders. It is […]
Hong Kong, Nov 18 (DPA) Banking giant HSBC axed 450 jobs in Hong Kong Monday because of the impact of the global financial crisis, a government-run radio station reported.
The bank blamed the cuts among the 20,000-strong Hong Kong workforce on the deteriorating global economy and a pessimistic outlook for 2009, according to Radio Television Hong […]
Guangzhou (China), Nov 17 (Xinhua) Four people were killed and two seriously injured in an explosion at a firework plant in southern China, officials said Monday.
The accident occurred Sunday night at an illegal village firework plant in Guangdong province's Dianbai county, provincial officials said.
The two injured were rushed to a nearby hospital where their condition […]
Kabul, Nov 17 (ANI): Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that he would go to any extent to protect the fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar in exchange for peace in the country.
Karzai said he would offer the protection even if it meant defying Afghanistan's international partners, who could remove him from his job or […]
Jakarta, Nov 17 (DPA) The 7.7-magnitude undersea earthquake that struck Indonesia's North Sulawesi province and nearby regions early Monday killed at least one person and destroyed at least 100 buildings, officials said.
The epicentre of the powerful quake was located about 138 km northwest of Gorontalo on North Sulwesi and it occurred about 10 km beneath […]
Jakarta, Nov 17 (DPA) Indonesia has lifted a tsunami warning after tidal waves failed to materialise following a powerful earthquake that struck off the country's north Sulawesi province early Monday.
An official at Indonesia's National Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said the tsunami warning was lifted, more than an hour after the 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck 138 […]
Jakarta, Nov 17 (DPA) Indonesia issued a tsunami warning shortly after midnight Sunday after a powerful earthquake struck off the country's north Sulawesi province, Indonesian seismologists said.
The National Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) said the quake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale struck at about 00:02 a.m. Monday.
Its epicentre was at a depth of […]
