Keyword: "financial losses"

Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone has instructed relevant agencies to expedite the drafting of a strategy on rare earth metals and other minerals, to ensure proper management of mining operations in the country, reported Vientiane Times.

Spokesman of the Indonesian National Disaster Management Agency Sutopo Purwo Nurgroho said on October 28 that the reconstruction and rehabilitation programme following the disastrous quakes and tsunami will begin next month.

An Indonesian court on April 24 handed down a 15-year-jail sentence to former Speaker of Parliament Setya Novanto over corruption charges.

Cambodia has arrested 27 Chinese, including 12 from Taiwan, over suspicion of operating a telecoms extortion to defraud victims in China, Cambodian official said on June 14.