SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean activists say they clashed with police while launching balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang propaganda materials across the North Korean border, ignoring their government’s plea to stop such activities since the North has threatened to respond with “deadly” retaliation.
MALANG, Indonesia (AP) — Panic and a chaotic run for exits after police fired tear gas at an Indonesian soccer match to drive away rioting fans left at least 174 dead, most of whom were trampled upon or suffocated, making it one of the deadliest sports events in the world.
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Saturday.
The JCS said in a statement that it detected two short-range ballistic missiles, launched by the DPRK from the Sunan area in Pyongyang between 6:45 a.m. and 7:03 a.m. local time into the eastern waters.
PHNOM PENH, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz will pay an official visit to Cambodia from Oct. 4 to Oct. 6, where a number of bilateral documents are expected to be signed, the Cambodian foreign ministry said in a press statement on Saturday.
In Phnom Penh, Marrero will have a bilateral meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and then both leaders will preside over the signing ceremony of a number of documents covering bilateral cooperation in sports, education, culture as well as in other domains, the statement said.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), Malaysia's mega rail project being built by China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), is taking additional steps to ensure the protection of wildlife in areas affected by its construction with the inking of a supplementary agreement on Friday.
BEIJING, Sept 30 (APP): People’s Government of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China has announced flood relief assistance that contains tents and blankets of worth RMB 1.75 million which were needed urgently in Pakistan.
Pakistani Ambassador to China, Moinul Haque has appreciated this humanitarian gesture from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to support the relief and rehabilitation efforts of the Government of Pakistan.
YANGON, Sept 30 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi and her Australian economic adviser, Sean Turnell, have been sentenced to three years each, for breaching the country’s official secrets act yesterday, a source familiar with the cases said.
Aung San Suu Kyi has been on trial on multiple charges, including electoral fraud, corruption, incitement, breaching the Natural Disaster Management Law, breaching the Export and Import Law and breaching the Communications Law.
She now faces 23 years in jail.
MANILA, Sept 30 (NNN-PNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), said today that, it has approved a financial project, to support restoration, conservation and management of coral reefs in four countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific region.
The Manila-based bank said, the project will develop climate risk financing and insurance solutions, to protect coral reef ecosystems in Fiji, Indonesia, the Philippines and the Solomon Islands.
YANGON, Sept 30 (NNN-MNA) – A passenger plane of the state-owned Myanmar National Airlines was attacked during landing, near Loikaw airport in eastern Myanmar, this morning, leaving one injured, according to local authorities.
“A Yangon-Loikaw plane was shot near the Loikaw airport from nearby Wah La Poe Village. A passenger was injured in his ear, as a bullet pierced through into the cabin of the plane,” Zaw Min Tun, head of the State Administration Council’s Information Team, said.
JAKARTA, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian food and drug administration (BPOM) has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the mRNA-platform COVID-19 vaccine, AWcorna, developed by Chinese companies.
AWcorna is a SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine developed by Suzhou Abogen Biosciences Co., Ltd. with the participation of Walvax Biotechnology Co., Ltd. AWcorna can be stored and transported at two to eight degrees centigrade.
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