By Aidan Jones For days, the piercing whistle of Cambodian rockets sent 69-year-old Kantapong Prakaew scrambling for cover in his makeshift bunker – a frail fortification against the conflict in Thailand’s Surin province. He is one of the few elderly residents who refused to flee, holding out as artillery fire ravaged the fields and wrecked […]
Read MoreBy Enoch Wong Images circulating online suggest Pakistan’s military has received a shipment of Chinese-made advanced attack helicopters, a version of which has been deployed by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) near China’s mountainous border with India. In the past week, photos and videos of the Z-10ME, the export version of the Chinese multirole attack […]
Read MoreBy Biman Mukherji When Indian pilgrims set foot in Tibet again this summer, their arrival heralded a new beginning for India and China, five years after a deadly Himalayan clash plunged the two bitter rivals into a diplomatic deep freeze. But with the machinery of engagement whirring once more amid flaring global trade wars and […]
Read MoreBy Ola Fiedorczuk Uzbekistan’s literary luminaries will make their first appearance at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, Tennessee. Now in its 37th year, this iconic event is one of the biggest and most celebrated literary festivals in the U.S., and this year, attendees will get a taste of Uzbek storytelling. Avid readers will […]
Read MoreTOKYO (Reuters) -Japan is “seriously concerned” that Myanmar’s planned elections without release of those detained could provoke “further strong backlash from the people” and “make a peaceful resolution more difficult”, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said on Friday. Japan once again strongly urges the Myanmar military to stop the violence immediately, release those detained including former […]
Read MoreBy Park Chan-kyong Wearing only an undershirt and boxer shorts, former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol lay on the floor of his prison cell and refused to comply with a fresh arrest warrant on Friday – the latest twist in a deepening investigation into his alleged abuse of power. Although Yoon is already in custody […]
Read MoreHANOI: Flash floods struck Vietnam’s mountainous north overnight, killing at least three people while nine others are missing, disaster authorities said Friday. Heavy rain of up to 30 centimeters triggered the floods in the provinces of Son La, Phu Tho, Tuyen Quang and especially Dien Bien, isolating several communities. The ministry of agriculture said three […]
Read MoreCambodia will nominate US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, its deputy prime minister said on Friday, following his direct intervention in halting the Southeast Asian country’s recent border conflict with Thailand. Asked via text message to confirm Cambodia’s plan to nominate Trump for the prize, Chanthol responded, “yes”. Speaking to reporters earlier […]
Read MoreMANILA: The Philippines launched on Friday a month-long health-screening program for Filipino workers in Bahrain, as Manila seeks to promote wellness among its citizens abroad. Gulf countries have for years been the main overseas destination for Filipinos, with some 57,000 currently living and working in Bahrain. The “Healthy Pinoy” campaign, a project spearheaded by the […]
Read MoreMyanmar’s military on Thursday nominally transferred power to a civilian-led interim government ahead of a planned December election, with the junta chief remaining in charge of the war-torn country in his other role as acting president. An announcement in state media said a decree that granted power to the military after its 2021 coup had […]
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