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Indonesia's Mt Ibu erupts, local aviation authorities on alert
Published on 27/05/2024
» JAKARTA - A volcano on the remote Indonesian island of Halmahera erupted on Monday spewing a grey ash cloud six kms (four miles) into the sky, the country's volcanology agency said, adding it had issued a warning for aviation authorities managing local flights.
Severe turbulence leaves 12 injured on Qatar Airways flight
Published on 27/05/2024
» A Qatar Airways flight struck severe turbulence over Turkey, injuring 12 people on board, before landing as scheduled in Dublin on Sunday.
Japan to create flood projection maps for Thailand, neighbours
Published on 26/05/2024
» Japan plans to create flood projection maps for Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam to help mitigate the damage caused by water-related disasters in the countries, according to Japanese land ministry officials.
More than 4,000 'likely impacted' by Papua New Guinea landslide
Reuters, Published on 26/05/2024
» SYDNEY - More than 4,000 people were likely impacted by a massive landslide that flattened a village in northern Papua New Guinea on Friday, humanitarian group CARE Australia said.
Japan to work with Asean to train 100,000 digital professionals
Kyodo News, Published on 24/05/2024
» KYODO - Japan aims to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to train 100,000 highly skilled digital professionals in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductors over the next five years, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday.
Vietnam’s presidential nominee is anti-graft crusader
Published on 19/05/2024
» Vietnam nominated the enforcer of Communist Party’s anti-corruption drive as the next president and proposed a new head of parliament, in appointments that could ease months of political turmoil and allow policymakers to refocus on a struggling economy.
Myanmar residents lobby Japan to act over conscription law
Kyodo News, Published on 15/05/2024
» KYODO - Members of Myanmar's expatriate community in Japan are lobbying local assemblies to pressure the central government to accept their fleeing compatriots in the wake of the enforcement of a controversial conscription law by the junta in February.
Indonesia's Mt Ibu erupts, spewing ash clouds
Published on 13/05/2024
» JAKARTA - Indonesia's Ibu volcano erupted on Monday morning, spewing thick columns of grey ash several kilometres into the sky, the country's volcanology agency said.
Chinese tourist dies in Hong Kong after fall off cliff on landmark Lion Rock
Published on 13/05/2024
» HONG KONG: A hiker died on Sunday after he plunged off a cliff at Hong Kong's Lion Rock.
Chinese warships to visit Cambodia amid US worries
Published on 09/05/2024
» BEIJING - China will send two warships to Cambodia and East Timor from the first half of May to mid-June, its defence ministry said, potentially further unnerving the United States over concerns about growing Chinese presence at a key Cambodian naval base.