Tens of thousands have been displaced and at least 25 people killed in southern India due to torrential rains and heavy flooding during the last week. According to officials in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, almost 100,000 people have been forced to leave their homes due to severe weather, with 95,000 people in government-run […]
SEOUL, Oct 29 (Yonhap) – South Korea will likely set a new date for the launch of its first space rocket Monday after a Russian-made defective part of the rocket made it impossible to send off the rocket last week, officials said. The Launch Preparation Committee was to be convened at 11 a.m. to decide […]
BANGKOK, Oct 24 – Three Thai workers in Israel were injured, two in critical condition, as a result of fighting near the Gaza Strip in Israel, according to Thai Labour Minister Phadermchai Sasomsub. Mr Phadermchai said that he was informed by the Thai Embassy in Israel that the latest fighting between Israeli forces and the […]
WEST BENGAL, INDIA — Child marriage is an ancient practice in India, and despite being illegal, it continues today in mostly rural areas. Nearly half of women in India are married before the age of 18 and many of those become brides much younger. But one group in eastern India is looking to change this […]
In Cambodia, the use of corrosive acid as a weapon to attack and maim is a major problem. The government passed tough new laws targeting acid violence last year, but many survivors are still waiting for justice. Irwin Loy reports for VOA from PHNOM PENH, Cambodia. News source: VOAnews.com
Beijing – A Chinese court on Thursday tried alleged Golden Triangle drug lord Nor Kham and five accomplices over the killing of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong river in October. Prosecutors in the south-western city of Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, charged all six defendants with murder, drug trafficking, kidnapping and hijacking ships, state […]
Emergency workers in China’s Yunnan and Guizhou provinces are clearing roads and climbing mountains to try to reach villages cut off by Friday’s earthquakes, as Premier Wen Jiabao visited with some of the victims of the disaster. Wen visited hospitals and emergency shelters Saturday, saying finding and rescuing those still missing must be a top […]
Nichkhun Buck Horvejkul, the Thai-American member of the K-pop group 2PM, who was booked in South Korea for driving under the influence, will be fined 4 million Korean won (about Bt109,000), a statement from the attorney-general in Seoul said yesterday. The statement said the investigation had been concluded. Read more: The Nation
