SEOUL: North Korea fired an artillery barrage into a maritime “buffer zone” overnight, Seoul’s military said Friday (Nov 4), after a record-breaking blitz of launches that included a failed intercontinental ballistic missile test. Seoul and Washington, which have warned Pyongyang’s recent launches could culminate in a nuclear test, extended their largest-everContinue Reading
SHANGHAI: Climate change diplomacy between China and the United States cannot be separated from broader political tensions between the two sides, and Washington must take responsibility for the breakdown in talks, China’s foreign ministry said. Nearly 200 countries are about to gather in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt for another roundContinue Reading
Starting on Friday, police will be deployed to subway stations in the capital to join metro officials in crowd control activities, the prime minister said. National Police Commissioner General Yoon Hee-keun on Tuesday acknowledged crowd control at the site of the disaster was “inadequate,” noting police had received multiple reportsContinue Reading
As Cambodia’s mental health system lacks public funding and human capacity, the influence of Buddhism could make a significant difference in tackling mental health issues.
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WASHINGTON: The Biden management is offering a reward as high as US$5 million pertaining to information about a Singapore-based businessman already charged by the Justice Division of facilitating gas shipments to Northern Korea in violation of UN sanctions. Kwek Kee Seng, who directs a shipping agency and terminal operations company,Continue Reading
Earlier, there was a media report claiming that BN candidates for GE15 were required to sign the letters. Citing sources, the report said that Ahmad Zahid has been going state by state to give out credential letters to BN candidates to contest GE15, with the condition they sign a pledgeContinue Reading
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was wounded on Thursday (Nov 3) when his convoy was shot at in the country’s east, an aide said. “A man opened fire with an automatic weapon. Several people are wounded. Imran Khan is also injured,” party official Asad Umar told Reuters. Khan wasContinue Reading
On Thursday district health authorities published a detailed account of the incident on social media and expressed their “sincere condolences” to the boy’s relatives. “We sincerely accept criticism and supervision from the media and netizens, and are determined to rectify (mistakes),” they wrote. The Lanzhou authorities admitted it took moreContinue Reading
WRATH OF KHAN Khan took to politics as a reformer, founding his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party in 1996 as a stand against corrosive corruption and the dynastic families which have historically held power. For years, he was the party’s only national MP, but by 2013 PTI was a genuine oppositionContinue Reading
Voters would remember Mr Azmin’s role in leading 10 PKR parliamentarians out to his current party Bersatu under the Sheraton Move that caused the PH government to fall. Mr Azmin has stated that as he has been serving in Gombak for a long time, the people knew his capabilities andContinue Reading