Bangkok: In January, Thailand’s manufacturing production index decreased by a less than anticipated 0.85 percent from the previous month, which was helped by government stimulus measures, despite a persistent decline in car output, according to the industry ministry’s Friday ( Feb 28 ). The MPI reading was in contrast toContinue Reading
Despite earlier studies that claimed a Taiwanese tour operator had started accepting licenses, Chinese authorities have still not given their members the green light to enter North Korea.
During a typical press conference, a representative from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs declined to comment on “activities of certain go companies.”
Before the pandemic, Chinese citizens made up the vast majority of foreign visitors to North Korea. 2019 saw a record high of 350, 000 Foreign customers.
But, the Russia-Ukraine conflict that broke out in 2022 has caused tensions between Beijing and Pyongyang. China has been making an effort to project a neutral position on the war, while North Korean forces have been dispatched to assist Russia’s invasion.
Experts said they think Chinese tourists will have significant economic benefits for North Korea, but they see many obstacles in the way.
” For the past nearly two decades, the relationship between China and North Korea has deteriorated … There hasn’t been any sort of positive sign to getting closer between these two states, because however, you see North Korea and Russia, they maintain quite near cooperation”, said Park Won Gon, a teacher in Ehwa Womans University’s Department of North Korean Research.
He noted that Donald Trump, the president of the United States, also sworn in last month.
” The US and China relationship is completely dependent.” If the relationship deteriorates, China has more motivation and more reason to consider North Korea as their important asset”, Park added.
” But we need to consider ( the fact ) that North Korea is very different from 2018 and 2019,” he said. They no longer desire a positive relationship with the United States and even the Western world.
” But we decided we cannot be too commercialised, and stuck to our original goal” . ,
” We don’t force ourselves to picture ( for the sake of content )”, he added. We want to allow more people know what we’re doing by sharing our actions with them on social media.
Other former national flag carriers have even taken to social media to share their personal transactions and activities, including 2am wake-up calling and gruelling training maneuvers like standing, marching, and holding weapons for extended intervals in cold weather.
Zhang Zixuan, 31, is a previous Tiananmen Square symbol carrier who runs a famous Douyin accounts with over 883, 000 fans.
Zhang also posts updates on his farm family’s daily life, cooking videos, and other changes, but his website audience tends to be more interested in his military-related videos.  ,
In one video, Zhang spoke about his military occupation, during which he participated in more than 7, 700 flag-raising festivities. Why he left the military was a question that was left by interested internet users.  ,
” What a compassion” and” Are you confident this will not affect your career development”? were some of the responses he highlighted. But, Zhang responded that there was “nothing to feel compassion about”.  ,
” I was raised by farming traditions, and I’m doing things that I’m excited about”, Zhang said.  ,
” I’m just an ordinary veteran, I have my own dreams and places I want to go to” . ,
Although he is actually retired from the military, the symbol bearer-turned-influencer continues to promote’ nationalist education’ through some of his articles. In one picture, which garnered nearly 25, 000 activities, he visited a museum and discussed China’s treatment in the Korean War in 1950.
Growing up in Jiangxi, Zeng not considered , enlisting in the military until he watched a favorite TV variety show featuring stars in military services. Inspired, he enlisted in 2015 at the age of 17 and went on to become a symbol carrier at Tiananmen Square, a prominent place under the PLA’s honour watch.
Throughout his five-year military stay, Zeng completed almost 3, 000 flag-raising jobs. He even went through 10 months of training and rehearsals for the 2019 China National Day Parade.  ,
” I felt so far pride”, Zeng said. I was aware that I wasn’t really representing myself; I’m proud to be a part of the PLA, to be able to symbolize the nation, and to have participated in that parade.
Zeng has some advice for those who want to follow in his feet and add the honor guard. There are very strict physical requirements that must be met, and the “process is quite selective” is true.  ,
HANOI: Vietnam is revising its strength plans to concentrate more on big solar farms and less on rely on coal and natural gas. The fast-growing business today aims to find 16 per cent of its energy from the sun- more than quad its earlier objective of only 5 per share.Continue Reading
If a proposal for a mechanism that the federal government is now studying is approved, drivers in three main Malay cities, including Johor Bahru, may be required to pay congestion fees.
However, a Johor state government official has criticized the strategy, noting that, among other suggestions, the request may only succeed if there is a reliable public transportation system in place right away.
Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur, and Penang’s George Town were named by the federal government as the three cities for an initial rollout of the proposed congestion charges on Thursday ( Feb 27 ), according to Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Zaliha Mustafa on Thursday ( Feb 27 ).
The minister claimed in a statement to the legislature that the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research and the Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Corporation are also conducting research into the proposed fees.
According to the minister, preliminary findings suggest that Kuala Lumpur’s congestion charge could reduce traffic by up to 20 %, according to Malay Mail.  ,  ,
In response to Zaliha’s news, Johor’s Works, Transportation and Infrastructure commission president Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh said that his condition is not yet available for the plan to get put into practice.  ,
Johor Bahru was quoted by The Star as saying,” For the moment, we have not had a detailed people transportation masterplan.”  ,
The Johor position state council member added that road users may be given “park-and-ride options” outside the central business district before a policy like that could be put into place.
Park-and-ride typically refers to a system that allows individuals to keep their cars in car parks and use public transportation to get to the city center.
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A Chinese cargo ship captain has been ordered to be detained for severing an undersea telecoms cable off the island, according to a court filing on Thursday ( Feb 27 ). The coast guard detained the Togolese-registered send Hongtai on Tuesday following the cut in a deepwater wire serving Taiwan’sContinue Reading
JAKARTA:  , Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto has hit again at new” Dark Indonesia” demonstrations in the country, depicting a brilliant prospect as he expressed confidence that the island would become the world’s fourth-biggest market in 2050.
Speaking on Tuesday ( Feb 25 ) during the congress of the Democrat Party, part of Prabowo’s KIM Plus coalition, Prabowo said , better days lie ahead for Indonesia’s economic future, citing a well-known multinational investment bank, as he , slammed the demonstrations against his austerity measures and a potentially bleak future.  ,
” There is an economical and analytical forecast. Ladies and gentlemen, they say the number one ( economy ) will be China overtaking America. Number two is America. Number three is India. This is Goldman Sachs”, Prabowo said.  ,
”  , Indonesia is number four … ( in ) 2050″, he added, referring to predictions made in 2022 by the world’s second-largest investment bank.
” That’s great. Indonesia is above Germany, ladies and gentlemen. Above Japan, above England, above France”.
However, some researchers said that the positive predictions were limited and described Prabowo’s current comments as” tone-deaf”.  ,
No one had predicted the future would be like, according to economist Andry Satrio Nugroho from the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance, but we can never predict what the prospect will be like, also in 2050.
He thinks Goldman Sachs ‘ forecast was based on a few presumptions and doesn’t take into account factors that are still undetermined.
Indonesia’s economy is driven by private consumption and has a large population, but , that does not imply the gross domestic product per capita may be great, he added.  ,
Moreover, Andry said Prabowo’s answer showed a failure to study the young protesters and their issues.  ,
” It seems as though the president is tone-deaf,” according to his claim that Indonesia is no black. He should have answered ( the students ‘ claims ) by revealing what the government would want to do to get out of darkness, said Andry.
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AMPANG: A 19-year-old teen pleaded guilty on Thursday ( Feb 27 ) to a charge of sexual assault involving a schoolgirl, 10, at a mosque in Selangor last week.
18 TikTok accounts of Malaysian media outlets that reported on the case’s closure were reportedly blocked by the social media giant during the incident, which was captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV ).  ,
According to local news outlet the New Straits Times ( NST ), Muhamad Adam Haiqal Abdullah, a Persons with Disabilities card holder, entered a plea after the charge was read out to him before Judge Norshila Kamarudin at the Ampang Sessions Court on Thursday.  ,
On February 21, he was charged with allegedly molesting the girl at the Jamek Sungai Masin Mosque in Batang Kali at around 6o’clock in the morning.  ,
Images of the event, which has since gone viral, describes Adam sneaking into the children’s section of the temple’s meditation house and scooping up the girl while she was prostrating behind another congregation.
He was seen attempting to carry the child away unnoticed when he approached her from beyond. He subsequently fled when the sufferer resisted.  ,  ,
According to Section 14( a ) of the Physical Crimes Against Children Act, Adam may spend up to 20 years in prison or be convicted.
According to Sinar Harian, Norshila has set Mar 27 for imprisonment while the court is awaiting a cultural report from the security department.  ,  ,
Deputy Public Prosecutor Nurfadzlin Mahmad Zulhasnan also made an offer for the accused to be granted bail at RM15, 000 ( US$ 3, 376 ) during the proceedings on Thursday.
According to Nurfadzlin,” He may even report to the police stop and be prohibited from harassing the victim and the prosecution see.”
This is because the offence’s location is close to the home where the sufferer life, and this is to stop the incident from repeating itself.
Adam, yet, said that he does not have a trustee.  ,
Since last Friday, the Hulu Selangor city authorities have been detained and have been keeping him for seven days after a report was made around 8:30 am.  ,
Director of the Selangor security office, Azmir Kassim, confirmed that studies revealed that Adam has had a crippled card since he was a young child.  ,
After the affair became popular, numerous Malay ministers have voiced their opinions.  ,
The target is protected by the Child Act of 2001, according to Minister for Women, Family, and Community Development, Nancy Shukri, who has urged the public to refrain from releasing films of the schoolgirl’s sexual assault.
Sharing images of her position, Nancy said, is very inappropriate.  ,
The secretary stated in a press conference on February 26 that” we urge those who receive the video or were present at the picture not to promote it because the victim is already traumatized by the incident.”  ,
According to news agency Bernama, Nancy stated that her department is ready to help the authorities in their investigation, particularly in regards to matters relating to the welfare of the victim and her family.  ,
She also urged temples to strengthen safety measures to prevent similar instances, particularly with Ramadan approaching.
“CCTV and additional safety measures should be in place to prevent people from exploiting the temple’s facilities”, Nancy said, as quoted by Bernama.  ,
Another secretary earlier said that the affair necessitated a thorough analysis and should serve as a lesson to dome managers to improve safety measures at their premises. Echoing Nancy’s comments.
He even emphasised the need for strong actions by the government.  ,
According to MinisterNa’im Mokhtar, a member of the Prime Minister’s Department for Religious Affairs,” I hope that if the assume is proven to have committed the offence, harsh action will be taken as a lesson to all,” according to a statement released by Free Malaysia Today on February 21.  ,
Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil earlier on Monday reported that the Malaysian media outlets ‘ TikTok accounts were blocked due to artificial intelligence ( AI ) moderation.  ,
Even if the videos or screenshots do not depict physical activity or porn, TikTok’s community guidelines forbid the posting of any child sexual abuse material, including any pictures or clips of the original.  ,
Bernama and the television news channel Buletin TV3 are among the records TikTok has blocked. The ban was still in power as of 11.30am on Thursday.  ,
According to Fahmi, the Indonesian government and social media giant Facebook are negotiating to get the 18 records back.Continue Reading