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White smoggy Christmas
Kyodo News, Published on 26/12/2015
» BEIJING - China's capital city was blanketed by some of its worst smog of the year on Friday, forcing major roads to close due to poor visibility and prompting netizens to quip that Santa Claus would have a hard time finding his way around town to deliver Christmas presents.
Cambodia inaugurates 6th Chinese-built hydropower plant
Kyodo News, Published on 24/12/2015
» Cambodia has inaugurated its sixth Chinese-built hydropower plant, bringing the country's total power supplies by dams of up to 927 megawatts.
Comfort women statue protests
Kyodo News, Published on 27/12/2015
» SEOUL - The South Korean government lodged a protest with Japan on Saturday over Japanese media reports that say Seoul is considering relocating a statue of a girl symbolising the issue of so-called comfort women from in front of the Japanese Embassy in the South Korean capital.
Beijing issues first-ever smog 'red alert'
Kyodo News, Published on 08/12/2015
» BEIJING - City authorities on Monday issued for the first time a red alert for air pollution, the highest of four danger levels, requiring schools to close and at least half of vehicles to be pulled off the roads.
Japan's involvement in Dawei SEZ 'will boost confidence'
Kyodo News, Published on 14/12/2015
» The official participation of Japan in a special economic zone in southeastern Myanmar initiated by that country and Thailand will bring confidence and attract investors to the project, the Thai delegation said Monday after a trilateral meeting in Bangkok.
Myanmar carries out litter collection drive
Kyodo News, Published on 14/12/2015
» Myanmar's National League for Democracy, which scored a stunning victory in November's general election, carried out a litter collection drive over the weekend.
Reports of voting irregularities in Myanmar
Kyodo News, Published on 08/11/2015
» People in Myanmar voted on Sunday in the country's first fully democratic election in decades, amid reports of voting irregularities, intimidation and problems with advance ballots.
Myanmar: Exit poll puts support for NLD at 90%
Kyodo News, Published on 08/11/2015
» Myanmar's opposition National League for Democracy could be set to pull in as much as 90% of votes in the country's first fully democratic general election in decades, according to an exit poll carried out by a local news organization on Sunday.
Apec ministers meet to discuss free trade, terrorism
Kyodo News, Published on 16/11/2015
» Ministers of the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum began a two-day meeting Monday to discuss antiterrorism cooperation in the wake of Friday's attacks in Paris and a region-wide free-trade initiative following the deal for a Pacific trade pact.
Hun Sen warns of war if opposition party rules Cambodia
Kyodo News, Published on 19/10/2015
» Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen warned Monday that a "new war" would erupt if an opposition party gets a chance to rule the country.