An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 has struck Indonesia. The earthquake struck on Friday (March 22). However, there were no immediate reports of damage from the earthquake and there was no threat of a tsunami. The 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) off the coast of the Indonesian island […]
Read MoreVietnam’s President Vo Van Thung has resigned after more than a year due to his involvement in corruption. The country’s parliament approved his resignation on Thursday. In a statement after a meeting of the country’s ruling Communist Party on Wednesday, the government said he had broken party rules and negatively damaged the party’s image. The […]
Read MoreA wooden boat carrying Rohingya has sunk off Indonesia’s northern Aceh province. About 50 Rohingya refugees are expected to die. There were about 150 passengers on the boat. The accident happened about 25 kilometers (16 miles) off the coast of Kuala Bubon Beach in the province on Wednesday. The boat was carrying dozens of Rohingya […]
Read MoreVietnamese President Vo Van Thung resigned after just one year in office. He is believed to have resigned due to links to a corruption scandal in his home province. In a statement after a meeting of the ruling Communist Party on Wednesday, the country’s government said Thung had broken the party’s policy and tarnished its […]
Read MoreMyanmar, March 21: Imprisoned Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s home has been put up for auction. The starting price of his home, which was auctioned on Wednesday, was set at $90 million. But no one came to buy the house. According to a report in the British news agency Reuters on Wednesday, Suu Kyi’s […]
Read MoreIndonesia, March 21: Prabowo Subianto has been elected as the president of Indonesia, the world’s third largest democracy. The Election Commission of the country officially announced this on Wednesday. Subianto received 58.6 percent of the vote. Former Jakarta governor Anis Baswedan got 24.9 percent and former Central Java governor Ganjar Pronovo got 16.5 percent. His […]
Read MoreUnited Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern over recent reports of military airstrikes in Myanmar, particularly the devastating strikes witnessed in Minbya township on Monday, which resulted in numerous civilian casualties, according to a UN spokesperson. Since the military coup in 2021, Myanmar has been embroiled in a state of unrest, with the latest […]
Read MoreThe Arakan Army, a rebel group, has taken over the city of Rathidong in Rakhine state from Myanmar’s junta government. Last Sunday night, at least 200 soldiers of the Junta forces fled after two weeks of intense fighting. According to the Irrawaddy report on the Arakan Army, the junta is using the Rohingyas who have […]
Read MoreThe government has decided to ease conditions to attract foreign applicants to Malaysia’s My Second Home. On March 14, the country’s Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced the decision to ease the conditions of My Second Home in a statement. However, he also said that the amendment of the conditions will […]
Read MoreThe land that was once used to grow various crops like rice, corn and wheat is now being cultivated with poppy from which opium is made. Due to the economic crisis caused by the ongoing conflict for the last three years after the military coup, the country’s farmers have left the cultivation of food grains […]
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