YALA (Thailand) - SEPARATIST insurgents shot dead a railway security guard and two bombs killed one woman and injured 11 people in Thailand's restive south, local police said on Sunday.
JAKARTA - INDONESIA plans to issue permits to import raw sugar next week in a bid to meet demand from food and beverage firms, Trade Minister Mari Pangestu said on Sunday.
PHNOM PENH - A 19-YEAR-OLD Cambodian man has survived the H5N1 bird flu virus which has killed seven other people in the poor South-east Asian nation since 2005, a health ministry official said on Sunday.
YANGON - NINETEEN North Korean refugees, detained at a Myanmar border town early this month, were expected to be tried for illegal entry soon, an official source said on Sunday.
