SEOUL: North Korea has fired more missiles in the last 24 hours than it did during the whole of 2017 – the year of “fire and fury” when leader Kim Jong Un traded barbs with then-US president Donald Trump. What has triggered the record-breaking blitz of weapons tests? Analysts sayContinue Reading
SEOUL: North Korea has fired more missiles in the last 24 hours than it did during the whole of 2017 – the year of “fire and fury” when leader Kim Jong Un traded barbs with then-US president Donald Trump. What has triggered the record-breaking blitz of weapons tests? Analysts sayContinue Reading
BEIJING: Several of China’s largest medical testing companies have posted big increases in profit for the first three quarters of the year, as the country’s strict zero-COVID policy boosts spending in a minority of sectors while depressing the broader economy. Over the past two weeks, at least six such companiesContinue Reading
Another grieving father, Song Jae-woong, said his daughter, Young-ju, 24, was a gentle soul who was quick to befriend classmates, more than 200 of whom came to her funeral. Young-ju had dreamed of becoming an actress, her father said, speaking at a funeral home in Seoul. “Then, things turned outContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: Smog in New Delhi hit “hazardous” levels on Thursday (Nov 3) as smoke from thousands of crop fires in northern India combined with other pollutants to create a noxious grey cocktail enveloping the megacity. Levels of the most dangerous particles – PM 2.5, so tiny they can enterContinue Reading
SINGAPORE: Key North Asian economies are stockpiling fuel, diversifying sources and conserving power to ensure adequate supplies for winter, as an unprecedented global energy crisis makes spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) purchases costly. Major LNG importers – Japan, South Korea and China – have been grappling with soaring prices ofContinue Reading
MANILA: The death toll from a powerful storm that triggered flooding and landslides across the Philippines has reached 150, disaster officials said on Thursday (Nov 3), as more rain was forecast in some of the hardest-hit areas. More than 355,400 people fled their homes as Severe Tropical Storm Nalgae poundedContinue Reading
As the Kingdom gears up for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, Thailand considers its opportunities in the face of changing global events
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HONG KONG: Macao casino MGM Cotai, operated by MGM China, reopened on Wednesday (Nov 2) after being sealed for three days after a dealer was found to be infected with COVID-19 and authorities quarantined more than 1,500 people inside in response. All of the people held in the casino resortContinue Reading
Increasingly desperate-sounding emergency calls were made from the Itaewon area to the South Korean police department during that fateful Halloween celebration.Continue Reading