Reading Time: 2 minutes Peshawar, Pakistan, At least 59 people were killed, and more than 150 were injured in a devastating suicide bombing that took place at a mosque inside a police compound in Pakistan on Monday. The tragedy occurred as up to 400 worshipers were gathering for morning prayers at the mosque. The attack has sparked outrage and Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes China’s economy remained stable in 2022 with steady growth. According to the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the gross domestic product (GDP) was 121,020.7 billion yuan in 2022, an increase of 3.0 percent over last year at constant prices. Imports and exports of goods totaled 42,067.8 billion yuan,up 7.7 percent from the year before.The Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes North Korea has imposed a five-day lockdown due to a mysterious respiratory illness that has affected a significant number of citizens. The government has not released any official data on the number of cases or the severity of the illness, but reports indicate that the situation is serious. The government has stated that the illness Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Today, power was restored to over 220 million Pakistanis after a massive nationwide blackout left the country in darkness for several hours. The cause of the power outage is still under investigation, but initial reports suggest that a technical failure at a power transmission station near the city of Guddu may have triggered the cascading Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival, is one of the most important holidays in China and is celebrated by over a billion people around the world. This year, the Chinese New Year will begin on January 22, 2023, and will mark the start of the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese Read More…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ferdinand “Bongbong” Romualdez Marcos Jr, the President of the Philippines, recently made his first state visit to China. The visit, which took place on January 4, was seen as an opportunity to strengthen the economic and diplomatic ties between the two countries. During his visit, President Marcos met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Korea was divided into North and South after the end of World War II in 1945. At the time, the Korean peninsula was under Japanese rule, and when Japan surrendered to the Allied Powers, the peninsula was divided into two occupation zones. The Soviet Union occupied the northern part of the peninsula, while the United Read More…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Christian JepsenRegional Communications Adviserchristian.jepsen@nrc.no, Norwegian Refugee Council+254 706 248 391 The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) calls on the Taliban authorities to halt further evictions of internally displaced people (IDPs) from settlements across Afghanistan until they have found sustainable alternatives. “In the midst of another harsh Afghan winter approximately twenty thousand displaced people have been evicted Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Indonesia criminalizes adultery, and anyone convicted faces up to a year in Jail Indonesia’s Government has approved a landmark overhaul to the country’s criminal code, meaning that pre-marital sexual activity will now be considered a felony. Under the new criminal code, those having sex before marriage can face a maximum sentence of one year in Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Stats Canada reported approximately 23% of women in B.C have reported symptoms of Post-Partum Depression Today, Wilson Miao, Member of Parliament for Richmond Centre, announced the awarding of $1.2 million to promote mental health in postpartum women and their families within Asian and South Asian immigrant communities. The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant adverse impacts Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Fishermen of fishing town Negombo, Sri Lanka feeling a blow by the recent economic crisis in the island nation. Fishermen who always had been in the lower socio-economic strata in the country are now more and more struggling to keep their necks above water. Aloysius, a fisherman in the fishing village Negombo told that they Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes SEJONG Telecom, Inc. will form a consortium with IRM Co., Ltd. and Pusan National University Hospital to build a platform for blockchain-based medical data management and NFT issuance for medical image data. Sejong Telecom Consortium was selected the blockchain technology validation PoC (Proof of Concept) project which supports blockchain-related services before commercialization by the National IT Read More…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Early World Cup upsets, setting the stage for an exciting finish The second major match upset of the 2022 World Cup saw Japan defeat the powerhouse German team 2-1 on Tuesday. A day before, the world saw the Saudi Arabia Green Falcons stun the world by defeating Argentina by the same score of 2-1 in Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Airline merger could see passengers pay more to fly from London to South Korea The buyout of Asiana Airlines by Korean Air could lead to higher prices for passengers flying between London and Seoul, as well as impact air cargo services. Korean Air and Asiana Airlines are the only carriers operating direct passenger flights between Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Xi Jinping is China’s seventh President after being elected in 2012 Xi Jinping has been named the leader of China for the next five years. Xi Jinping’s unprecedented third term has signified the party’s approval of the direction of his vision for China in the years and possibly decades to come. In 2018, the National Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Further sanctions to Iran for supplying Russia with Kamikaze drones to fight its illegal invasion of Ukraine The UK is today implementing new sanctions on Iranian individuals and businesses responsible for supplying Russia with kamikaze drones used to bombard Ukraine. Russia is using the drones to attack both civilian targets and critical infrastructure in Kyiv Read More…
Reading Time: < 1 minute Climate change disaster funding will be the main focus at COP 27 Today, Senator Sherry Rehman met with Her Excellency (H.E) Dr Riina Kionka, the Ambassador of the European Union to Pakistan, to discuss the ongoing rescue and relief efforts in flood-affected areas as the technical and financial assistance needed to assist those affected. H.E Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes South Korean Watchdog agency, sheds light on North Korea’s attempt to lie about its COVID-19 infections Andrew Kim, senior researcherwww.nk-forum.org In May 2022, North Korea fabricated claims of being a COVID-19-free country but was in a state of emergency. Korean Central News Agency, North Korea’s official news agency, admitted a COVID-19 outbreak in North Korea Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes For every government to succeed and operate in the best interest of the people they are elected to govern, there must be some form of cooperation with other parties. However, when it comes to China, the notion of the government collaborating or seeking to cooperate with other parties to ensure the future of over 1.4 Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Every five years, the political leadership of The Communist Party of China (CPC) convenes a National Congress to outline the country’s future development strategy. The 19th CPC National Congress concluded its seventh plenary session in Beijing on Wednesday, October 12, 2022, and the 20th party congress will convene on Oct 16th in Beijing. It is Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Religion has an important role to play in everyday life but has also been the cause of many world wars Religion is an integral part of human life; it’s something humanity has struggled to understand throughout history. People have different ideas about what religion is and whether or not it’s real. Most religions have a Read More…
Reading Time: 2 minutes #XIJINPING is Trending on Twitter, which is not the first time the social media has caused alarm by spreading misinformation Xi Jinping is the current President of China and the general secretary of the Communist Party of China. Under his administration, Xi Jinping has made significant attainments in his political and economic policies. However, many Read More…
