BANGKOK, 8 March 2014 (NNT) – Malaysia Airlines says it has lost contact with a plane travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The plane was reportedly carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew. Malaysia Airlines is now collaborating with the search and rescue team, trying to locate the missing plane. Flight MH370, operating a Boeing B777-200 […]
At least ten attackers with knives, dressed in black, attacked a train station in Kunming, China yesterday. At least 28 victims were killed, with 113 more wounded by knives, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported. The local municipal government accuses ‘Xinjiang separatist forces’ for the attack. Xinhua called the attack “an organized, premeditated violent terrorist […]
JAKARTA, 21 February 2014 (IRIN) – As Indonesia deals with the aftermath of two volcanic eruptions, experts question whether the country is well-equipped to face the threats from dozens of volcanoes that dot the archipelago. At least 34 people have been killed in two volcanic eruptions this month. Seventeen were killed on 1 February when […]
BANGKOK, Feb 19 – Nearly 300 Thai tourists were rescued from snow-struck Kawaguchiko city, about 100 km southwest of Tokyo, the Thai embassy in Japan reported. In its report to the Thai Foreign Ministry in Bangkok, the embassy said all 299 Thais were safe after leaving the city in Yamanashi prefecture in smaller vehicles. Read […]
A Japan government panel met last Tuesday and is drafting a report aimed to urge Japan to loosen restrictions on participation in military combat — restriction of military to self-defense — imposed in its constitution since the end of World War II. They expected to finalize the report after April. North Korea reacted by calling […]
JAKARTA, 3 February 2014 (IRIN) – Thousands of people displaced by steadily falling ash from an active Mount Sinabung thought they would be able to return to their homes and resume their livelihoods, but those hopes have been dashed by a deadly eruption on 1 February. “I don’t think they will be able to go […]
BANGKOK, 1 February 2014 (NNT) – Foreign Affairs Minister of Australia Julie Bishop has called on all sides in Thailand to respect the rights of other people to vote on Feb 2nd. In her statement released by the Australian Embassy, Minister Bishop said Australia would like to encourage all parties to settle their political differences […]
BANGKOK, 31 January 2014 (NNT) – Commerce Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisal has told the press that the Thai government’s Chinese trade partner is concerned about its rice trade with Thailand and might call off the rice deal after the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) launched a probe into the rice pledging scheme. The minister on Friday said […]
