South Korea called Monday for trainee doctors to return to work, saying they would be spared punitive actions if they went back to the hospitals, as protests over medical reforms entered a second week. Thousands of junior doctors have resigned and stopped showing up to work as part of a spiralling action against government plans […]
Read MoreMore than 8,000 South Korean trainee doctors have walked off the job in protest against a government plan to admit more students to medical schools, the health ministry said on Thursday. The walkout, which started on Tuesday, has prompted major hospitals to postpone procedures and turn away patients seeking emergency care and fanned fears of […]
Read MoreTaiwanese senior officials repeatedly questioned members of a visiting U.S. congressional delegation on what stalled aid to Ukraine means for U.S. commitments to defend the island from potential Chinese aggression. The Senate last week passed the national security supplemental — which includes $1.9 billion in U.S. funding to restock arms bound for Taiwan — but […]
Read MoreNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un has received a car from Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as a gift “for his personal use”, official media reported on Tuesday, in what could be a violation of U.N. ban that Moscow had agreed to adopt against Pyongyang. The two countries have forged closer ties since Kim and Putin […]
Read MoreThe relics of Lord Buddha are set to be received by Thailand Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin later today. Ahead of the ceremony, Thavisin arrived at the Royal Ground Sanam Luang in Bangkok on Friday. The relics are going to be ushered into the ceremonial ground. The procession is underway as holy relics of Lord Buddha […]
Read MoreAcross South Asia, an ominous great game is unfolding. China is battling for regional influence, with smaller buffer states caught in the middle as pawns. Far from peaceful rise, China’s tactics reveal a belligerent dragon pulling neighbors ever tighter into its orbit through debt-trap diplomacy, data colonialism and brazen political interference – a 21st century […]
Read MoreNine members of the United Nations Security Council condemned “indiscriminate” airstrikes by Myanmar’s military against civilians before an envoy briefed the council Monday as part of regional efforts to implement a peace plan that has so far been largely ineffective. The plan, adopted in April 2021 shortly after the military seized power in a takeover […]
Read MoreA momentous shift is under way in global markets as investors pull billions of dollars from China’s sputtering economy, two decades after betting on the country as the world’s biggest growth story. Much of that cash is now heading for India, with Wall Street giants like Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley endorsing the […]
Read MoreMyanmar people have suffered soaring prices for almost all commodities in the three-year period since the February 2021 coup, reports The Irrawaddy. Rice and edible oil are among their most basic needs and the most important commodities found in every kitchen in Myanmar. The price of premium quality rice was around $16.50 per sack in […]
Read MoreASTANA – Young Kazakh comic book author Ilyas Yusupzhanov presented his first comic book about the founders of the Kazakh Khanate, Kerey and Zhanibek sultans, in Almaty on Jan. 27, reported Zakon.kz news outlet. Yusupzhanov’s interest in comic books sprang from his dedication to promoting Kazakh history by creating worthy heroes to look up to […]
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