TAIPEI — Taiwan’s government sounded a cultural emergency this summer. The native language of a village of aboriginal Rukai people is in danger of dying out. So the cabinet has begun collecting records that could save that dialect and eight others from being overtaken by the dominant Mandarin Chinese. Aborigines were dominant in Taiwan for […]
A strong earthquake has struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 6.6 magnitude quake struck late Saturday afternoon (5:40 p.m. local time – 0940 UTC) 56 kilometers from the town of Palu at a relatively shallow depth of 20 kilometers. Read more: VOAnews.com
Bahrani police rescue additional 7 Thai women from forced prostitution after one of them called Thai police for help. Thai Foreign Ministry said. MCOT
The spokesman of 191 emergency police said Friday that the division has received an urgent call from a Thai woman who claimed to be detained in Bahrain along with nine others to be forced to prostitution. Pol Col Sanpisit Yaemkesorn said an operator of the 191 division received a phone call from a woman who […]
MANILA — The Philippine weather service has lifted its storm warning for the capital, Manila. Flood waters that affected more than two-million people are now receding. Three days of flooding in the capital region and immediate surrounding provinces followed nearly two weeks of non-stop rain caused by three cyclones in the Pacific. Read more: VOAnews.com
BANGKOK — The United States next week in Vietnam will begin cleaning up leftover deposits of the toxic chemical dioxin from the herbicide Agent Orange sprayed by U.S. forces on vegetation during the Vietnam War. The toxin was found at former U.S. air bases and has been linked to disease and birth defects. On the […]
Hanoi, August 1 (VNA) – Vietnam Airlines has said it has cancelled four flights between Hanoi and Taipei, and Ho Chi Minh City and Taipei as of July 31 due to tropical storm Saola. The airline also said it is likely to cancel six additional flights to Taipei on August 1-2. About 1,600 passengers who […]
Australian police have seized half a billion dollars’ worth of crystal methamphetamine and heroin after smashing a Hong Kong-linked international drugs syndicate. Police raided sites in Sydney on Monday, arresting seven after finding 306 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and 252kg of heroin worth a total of US$525 million (Bt16.53 billion). Read more: The Nation
