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Thai authorities are scrambling to find a cylinder containing dangerous radioactive material that went missing from a power station, officials said Tuesday, warning of serious health risks from direct exposure. Staff at the coal-fired plant in Prachinburi Province, east of Bangkok, noticed the steel tube, 30 centimeters (12 inches) long …

Big Japanese firms are set to offer the largest pay rises in a quarter century this year driven by inflation at 41-year high, in a sign that cash-rich firms may be warming to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s calls to boost consumption through higher wages. As annual labour talks dubbed “shunto”, …

Land in Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring provinces has dropped 10-25% since January as indebted investors continue liquidating their properties. According to real estate consultancy DKRA Vietnam, HCMC and it’s environs have seen only 16 successful transactions this year. The market’s low liquidity has been a problem since mid-2022 …