North Korea removes fishing restrictions in the Yellow Sea
North Korea has reopened the Yellow Sea to its fisheries after banning fishing there for around three years due to COVID-19 concerns, sources in the...
Month : March 2023
Vietnam seizes 7 tons of ivory tusks in latest wildlife trafficking case
Vietnamese customs authorities on Monday confiscated seven tons of ivory illegally shipped from Angola in what is believed to be the largest seizure of wildlife...
Solomons to send 80 athletes to China for Pacific Games training
Dozens of athletes from the Solomon Islands will train in China for three months to sharpen their competitiveness for the Pacific Games in November, underlining...
Laos imposes price controls to curb inflation, but merchants say they’re losing money
Laos has imposed price controls on 23 basic necessities such as pork, rice and natural gas to try to rein in inflation that has surged...
UN refugee agency confirms involvement in junta boat transport
The UN refugee agency has acknowledged it transported Myanmar junta officials aboard unmarked UN boats to Bangladeshi refugee camps last week, a move that has...
More than 170 Myanmar refugees arrested in India’s Manipur state since January
Authorities in northeast India’s state of Manipur have detained at least 170 refugees from villages along the border with Myanmar since the start of the...
Unmarked UN boats used to ferry junta officials to refugee camps, email shows
Military junta officials were transported from Myanmar into Bangladesh aboard United Nations boats on which UN markings had been removed, according to an email from...
Vietnamese customs officials nab airline flight attendants transporting illegal drugs
Members of a Vietnam Airlines crew on an international flight from Paris to Ho Chi Minh City were arrested at an airport in Vietnam on...
Chinese dissident calls for probe into nephew’s drowning
A dissident in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan has called on police to investigate the drowning of her two-year-old nephew, citing unanswered questions about...
Chinese automakers slash prices, offer subsidies in bid to kickstart consumption
Chinese automakers are selling off their stocks of vehicles — many of them made with imported technology as part of joint ventures with top foreign...
