Khon Kaen Airport expects 5m passengers per year
Khon Kaen Airport is expected to handle five million people a year, starting the following month, after its growth is completed, deputy government spokeswoman Tipanan Sirichana said yesterday.Continue Reading
Air e-tickets usher in era of digital IDs
Passengers are actually allowed to use electronic IDs to confirm their identity whenever boarding domestic plane tickets.Continue Reading
Clipping the wings of Iran and its militias
The recent jingle attack on an Iranian military compound in Isfahan was not the first of its kind and is improbable to be the last. It had been one of many that have hit Iranian arms depots and convoys over the region, including in Syria and Lebanon. Just hours after the January 29 assault in Iran, for instance , […]#@@#@!!Continue Reading
Beijing says US media, politicians used balloon incident ‘as pretext to smear China’
China says the particular flight of a Chinese “airship” over the US was an accident.Continue Reading
China’s foreign ministry says airship over the US was an unforeseen ‘accident’
SHANGHAI: China’s foreign ministry said on Saturday (Feb 4) that the flight of a Chinese “airship” over the United States was a “force majeure accident”, accusing US politicians and media of taking advantage of the situation to discredit China. The United States, saying the craft was a suspected spy balloonContinue Reading
China speeding along in quantum computing race
China is now the 3rd country worldwide to have built and delivered quantum computers right after Canada and the United States first shipped their own in 2011 and 2019, respectively. Origin Portion Computing Technology Company, established in Hefei in 2017, says it has delivered a 24-qubit quantum pc – known as Benyuan Wuyuan – that reportedly uses […]#@@#@!!Continue Reading
China less hesitant to fill Afghan power vacuum
China is one of the few countries which are committed to expanding negotiations with the Taliban government in Afghanistan. Beijing hopes to expand its use of vast natural resources while also improving its very own geopolitical security. In mid-2021 China made welcome a Taliban delegation, showing its willingness to recognize the Taliban government as the US signaled […]#@@#@!!Continue Reading
South Korea Foreign Minister Park touts US ‘extended deterrence’ after Blinken talks
WASHINGTON: South Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin said after meeting US top diplomat Antony Blinken on Friday (Feb 3) that Seoul and Washington were committed to strengthening “extended deterrence” in relation to North Korea. South Korea has sought assurances over extended deterrence, referring to the ability of the US military toContinue Reading
UTN appoints Prayut as its chief strategist
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been named chief strategist of the United Thai Nation Party (UTN), according to party leader Pirapan Salirathavibhaga.Continue Reading
Parks chief sacked amid corruption investigation
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation chief Rutchada Suriyakul Na Ayutya was on Friday dismissed from the role.Continue Reading