Kyrgyzstan to bring home 70 Kyrgyz children from Iraq
Bishkek: Kyrgyzstan is working on bringing 70 Kyrgyz children home from Iraq. Minister of Foreign Affairs Chingiz Aidarbekov said the process of returning Kyrgyzstanis from Iraq and Syria was difficult, but now there is an agreement to return about 70 children to Kyrgyzstan, KABAR news agency reported. “This is a difficult issue that cannot be […]
All four Korean crew members rescued from capsized vessel off U.S. coast
Washington: All four Korean crew members trapped inside a capsized vessel off the U.S. east coast were rescued Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. News of the rescue came more than 30 hours after the Golden Ray cargo vessel flipped onto its side as it left the Port of Brunswick, Georgia, on Sunday. Three were […]
Hours after offering to resume talks with U.S., North Korea fires short-range projectiles toward East Sea
Seoul: North Korea fired two short-range projectiles from a western region toward the East Sea on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, just hours after the communist nation offered to resume nuclear talks with the United States. The projectiles were fired at 6:53 a.m. and 7:12 a.m. from areas in the city of Kaechon, South Pyongan […]
Sri Lanka: Teachers should constantly update their knowledge
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena said that teachers should constantly update their knowledge for the sake of the qualitative development of education. Teachers have a great responsibility to mold a future generation armed with knowledge and creative skills to suit changing world trends and nurture the moral values of the children in keeping pace […]
Seoul may strip Japan of trusted trade partner status next week
Seoul: South Korea may officially remove Japan from its list of trusted trading partners as early as next week, upping ante in the trade dispute between the two Asian neighbors, the country’s trade ministry said Monday. The tit-for-tat move follows Japan’s removal of South Korea from its own whitelist of nations given preferential trading terms […]
Kyrgyzstan celebrates Komuz Day with great fanfare, impressive displays
Osh: Kyrgyzstan celebrated with great fanfare Komuz Day, a special cultural event that brought together around 500 komuzists to play Komuz, the Kyrgyz national three-stringed musical instrument. During the event organized by the Department of Culture of Osh city, the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan and located in the south of the country, musicians, university […]
Malaysia gearing up for all national, international challenges
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad pledged his government would continue to engage the young people and instill in them the spirit of volunteerism, entrepreneurship and good values so that they would be more productive and competitive in the face of the fourth Industrial Revolution. He also stressed that the government had drawn […]
Operations under way to rescue 4 Koreans trapped in ship off U.S. east coast
Seoul: Operations are under way to rescue four South Koreans believed to be trapped inside a ship that accidentally tilted sideways off the east coast of the United States, Seoul’s foreign ministry has said. The four South Koreans are presumed to be caught in the engine room of the Golden Ray, a car transport vessel […]
Korea’s growth potential set to decline due to aging population
Seoul: South Korea’s growth potential is expected to fall at a faster rate than earlier anticipated largely due to the aging of the population that will also lead to a cut in the number of eligible workers, a central bank report said Monday. The country’s growth potential for the 2016-2020 period is estimated at between […]
Tajikistan’s second unit of mega hydroelectric power project to be launched on Monday
Dushanbe: The second unit of Rogun Dam, a mega hydroelectric power plant project in Tajikistan’s southern city of Rogun, will be launched on Monday in a ceremony to be attended by President Emomali Rahmon. The $3.9 billion-worth project aims to double Tajikistan’s energy production to eliminate domestic electrical shortages and export surplus electricity to […]
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