World’s biggest flying lab comes to Asia on air pollution mission
By AFP and published by CNA Clark – NASA has kicked off a series of marathon flights in Asia with the world’s biggest flying laboratory, in an ambitious mission to improve the models that help to forecast and fight air pollution. Millions of deaths each year are linked to air pollution, and improving the […]
Read MoreWanted South Korean man nabbed for overstaying
IMMIGRATION police arrested a South Korean man in Chonburi today (June 19) for overstaying his visa for 1,582 days after which they found out he is also wanted in South Korea on online gambling charges, Naewna newspaper said. A team of immigration police spotted Mr. Kim (pseudonym), 35, in Bang Lamung district and asked […]
Read MoreS.Korean pig farm owner arrested for disposing of Thai worker’s dead body
By Choi Jae-hee, The Korea Herald A SOUTH KOREAN pig farm owner in Pocheon, Gyeonggi province, has been arrested on the suspicion of disposing of the dead body of a Thai farm worker earlier this month, according to local police today (Mar. 8). According to the Pocheon police station, the farm owner is alleged […]
Read MoreMalaysia to open special lanes for travellers from China amid Covid-19 concerns
By Agencies and published by CNA Kuala Lumpur – Amid concerns over the Covid-19 situation in China, Malaysia’s Immigration Department will operate special lanes for travellers from the country at its international entry points. This, the health ministry said, is part of efforts to contain the spread of the virus in Malaysia. Its deputy […]
Read MoreIndia makes negative Covid test mandatory for travellers from 5 countries
By Reuters and published by CNA New Delhi – India will make a negative Covid-19 test mandatory for flyers from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand from Jan. 1, the Health Minister said today (Dec. 29). Travellers from these countries and territories would have to upload their test reports on an India […]
Read MoreSouth Korea and Japan brace for typhoon Hinnamnor
By The Guardian and Thai Newsroom DESTRUCTION is imminent across southern Japan and South Korea as super typhoon Hinnamnor barrels northwards through the East China Sea this weekend. The typhoon is so far the strongest tropical storm of the 2022 hurricane season and developed gradually this week out in the Pacific, edging towards the […]
Read MoreThai tourists detained in S.Korea after guide abandons them
TWO GROUPS of Thai tourists filed a complaint with the Office of the Consumer Protection Board that they were detained in South Korea after their tour guide abandoned them despite having forced them to pay extra charges, Amarin TV said this afternoon (August 23). Their lawyer Mr Ratchapol Sirisakorn took 30 of the 71 […]
Read MoreSingaporean woman dies after slamming sedan into a bus in Phuket
A SINGAPOREAN woman driving a sedan up Phuket’s Kata hill at high speed at midnight last night (August 12) hit a bus coming downhill and later died with her four passengers and three others in the bus getting injured, Matichon newspaper said this afternoon (August 13). Pol. Capt. Chanarong Prakongkua, deputy inspector at Karon […]
Read MoreLimited Russian ceasefire revived in Ukraine; talks planned
By Yuras Karmanau, AP, published by Toronto Star, and The Korean Herald Lviv, Ukraine – Russian forces will observe a temporary ceasefire today (Mar. 6) in two Ukrainian cities, an official in one of the country’s two pro-Russia separatist regions said after an agreement to allow civilians to evacuate collapsed a day earlier amid continued […]
Read MoreKorean man returning home from Thailand infected with Covid-19
WHILE one Thai man returning from India was found to be infected with Covid-19 over the past 24 hours till morning (Sept. 7) and he has been placed in state quarantine, South Korea too has found that one of their nationals returning from Thailand has tested positive for this disease, Thai Rath newspaper reported. The […]
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