A report published Wednesday by the Yonhap News Agency claims vice premier Choe Yong-gon of North Korea was executed in May. The report, which cites an unnamed source, has not been confirmed by Wikinews or other agencies. The government of North Korea rarely makes statements about its internal affairs. According to the report, the 63-year-old […]
Fleeing prolonged conflict and persecution in Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims or Christian Chin find themselves living as refugees in neighbouring countries in Southeast Asia. In Malaysia alone, there are an estimated 150,000 asylum seekers or refugees, mostly from Myanmar. A third of them are not registered with the United Nations Refugee Agency […]
After published reports stated suspected plane debris washed up on several Maldives islands, Malaysia has stated it will send a team of investigators to examine it. Investigators are to try to determine if the debris came from a plane before taking any further action. “I urge all parties to allow for the verification process to […]
Non-stop rains in the past week have flooded the northern regions of Myanmar affecting 110,000 people. Many criticized the government for its slow response and delay in placing the country under state of emergency. The regions heavily affected by the rains and floods are Sagain, Magway, Chin, Rakhine, and Shan. As of July 29, the […]
Many high school students in Taiwan will have a more colorful answer than usual to the question “What did you do during your summer vacation?” when they return to the classroom in the fall. A good number have spent the holidays protesting against new history textbook guidelines rather than having fun, and last week some […]
Yesterday, former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam died at the age of 83 after collapsing at about 6:30 p.m. local time while delivering a speech about Livable Planet Earth at the Indian Institute of Management Shillong, in Meghalaya, India. Abdul Kalam was taken to Bethany Hospital’s intensive care unit and was declared dead about an […]
The world’s news media recently turned to the Taiwan presidential election in January next year because the top two contenders are women, putting the country on track to have its first female president. Unlike many female top leaders in other Asian countries who secured their position through family ties, most reports stressed that Taiwan is […]
A light passenger aircraft has crashed in the residential area of Chofu, west of Tokyo, claiming the lives of three; four more injured. Three people have died and four others were left injured after a deadly plane crash in the middle of a residential area of the city of Chofu, west of Tokyo Sunday morning, […]
