In new success for Asian Football Confederation: Australia and New Zealand to host 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
ZURICH: The world’s biggest women’s football event will return to Asia, after Australia and New Zealand were confirmed as the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup co-hosts on Thursday. The FIFA Council selected the historic joint bid ahead of an application from Colombia by a margin of 22 votes to 13, meaning an AFC Member Association […]
New Zealand’s Christchurch Mosque shooting victims call on Dr Mahathir
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad received a courtesy call by two victims of the random shooting incident in Christchurch, New Zealand at his office in Perdana Putra, Putrajaya. Through the Prime Minister’s official Twitter and Facebook postings, the victims, Rahimi Ahmad and Mohd Nazril Hisham Omar were present with their family members, […]
New Zealand committed to peaceful solution for the Korean Peninsula: amb.
New Zealand remains committed to promoting peace on the Korean Peninsula and in the region, amid uncertainties in stalled nuclear talks between North Korea and the United States, its top envoy in South Korea said Tuesday. Ambassador to Seoul Philip Turner also stressed his government’s backing for the ongoing diplomatic efforts to chart a peaceful […]
Lotte Duty Free enters Australian, New Zealand markets
Lotte Duty Free said Monday that it has opened stores in Australia and New Zealand, making it the first South Korean duty-free operator to make inroads into the Oceanian region. A ceremony to mark the opening of the tax-exempted retail outlet at Brisbane International Airport was held on Monday (local time), the duty-free arm of […]
Former Kiwi PM: ‘Women should not question their potential, men don’t’
“Often women would say, I’m not ready for this. If someone is even suggesting they should do it, they are ready. Men don’t ask themselves these questions,” said Helen Clark, New Zealand’s 37th prime minister, during an interview with The Korea Times on the sidelines of The Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum held on Feb. […]
China-New Zealand ties at historic high
By Li Feng and Bao Jie from People’s Daily Relations between China and New Zealand are at their best since the two countries established diplomatic relations 44 years ago, said Liu Qibao, head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, during his three-day trip to New Zealand. The two countries should upgrade their […]
New Zealand Christchurch, 5.9 Earthquake
A house is seen damaged after a swarm of earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, Dec. 23, 2011. New Zealand’s earthquake- battered second city of Christchurch was shaken by a series of tremors Friday with four measuring at least magnitude 5 on the Richter scale. <Photo: Xinhua/Pam Johnson> news@theasian.asia
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