By Jim Gomez – AP and published by Yahoo!News Manila, Philippines – The United States renewed a warning that it would defend its treaty ally if Filipino forces come under attack in the disputed South China Sea, after a Chinese coast guard ship allegedly hit a Philippine patrol vessel with military-grade laser that briefly
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South Korea reports first death from ‘brain-eating amoeba’
By Korea Herald Seoul – South Korea reported its first case of infection from Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as “brain-eating amoeba,” health authorities said on Monday. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) confirmed that a Korean national in his 50s had died after returning from Thailand. The man came back to
Read moreUpdate: Deputy army commander rushes to second railway blast site
THE DEPUTY Commander of 4th Army Region rushed to the railway track in Sadao district of Sonkhla province hit by a second explosion early this morning (Dec. 6) killing three railway workers and injuring four others, Amarin TV and INN News plus Sanook.com said. Maj. Gen. Paisarn Nusangheld held urgent talks with railway staff
Read moreSecond blast on southern railway track, 3 seriously injured
A SECOND explosion occurred this morning (Dec. 6) near the railway track damaged in a blast on Saturday (Dec. 3) in Sadao district of Songkhla province that had derailed a freight train with three railway officials seriously injured this time, Matichon newspaper said. This morning’s explosion was just 200 metres away from the original
Read moreFear of F-35 stealth jets may be why N.Korea is firing so many missiles, analysts say
By AFP and published by CNA Seoul – North Korea has fired more missiles in the last 24 hours than it did during the whole of 2017 – the year of “fire and fury” when leader Kim Jong Un traded barbs with then-US president Donald Trump. What has triggered the record-breaking blitz of weapons
Read morePolice beef up security to prevent repeat of S. Korea tragedy
AFTER at least 153 people were killed and dozens more injured in Seoul when a crowd surged into an alleyway during Halloween festivities on Saturday night, Thai National Police Chief Pol. Gen. Damrongsak Kittiprapas this morning (Oct. 31) ordered police teams to strictly supervise Halloween events taking place tonight for the safety of partygoers,
Read moreArmy chief on 17 blasts in the South: It was worse before
ARMY CHIEF Gen. Narongphan Jitkaewtae said after 17 bomb and arson attacks took place in three southern provinces from last night till the wee hours of this morning (August 17) that there used to be more such incidents in the past and this wave of blasts does not seem aimed at destabilising this government
Read moreYoung South Korean man dies after 2 Covid jabs
A 38-YEAR-OLD South Korean man who is a director of a hotel in Kanchanaburi died today (Feb. 19) after having received the second Moderna jab on Jan.13 with this leading to fever, fatigue and inability to lift any object with his left arm, Naewna newspaper said. Pol. Capt. Sumit Boonyanit, deputy inspector at Tha
Read moreNavy plans to buy second Bhumibol Adulyadej-class frigate from S.Korea
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE THAI NAVY has planned to buy a second Bhumibol Adulyadej-class frigate from South Korea within fiscal 2023, said a navy source today (Jan. 21). The navy has been deploying HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej, the first frigate of the class by the same name, since 2019 and planned to buy the
Read moreSouthern by-election rerun possible if ‘orange card’ handed out: Ex-election chief
By Thai Newsroom Reporters FORMER ELECTION COMMISSIONER Somchai Srisutthiyakorn today (Jan. 17) suggested any candidates defeated in yesterday’s by-election for MP either in Chumphorn or Songkhla file a truthful, evidence-based complaint of an allegedly unfair race to parliament so that an “orange card” might probably be issued by the polling agency and the mini-race
Read moreIn South Korea, hair loss emerges as new election issue
By AP and published by Channel NewsAsia Seoul – South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung isn’t bald. But he is enjoying the support of many bald voters over his push for government payments for hair loss treatments. Since his proposal was disclosed earlier this week, hair loss has emerged as a hot-button topic ahead
Read moreDrugs hidden in snack bags heading for South Korea seized
POLICE have arrested a Thai man in Chonburi province for helping parcel drugs in bags of snacks to South Korea and are now gathering evidence to arrest two South Korean men suspected to be behind this international drug trafficking attempt, Amarin TV said today (Dec. 16). Mr. Wichai Chaimongkol, secretary-general of the Narcotics Control Board,
Read moreThree South African strain cases amid a daily tally of 3,382
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA’s) spokesman Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin said this afternoon (May 23) that three persons had been confirmed to have been infected with the South African strain of the coronavirus while the total number of cases over the past 24 hours reached 3,382 with there being 17 fatalities, TV Channel
Read moreSouth Korea scrambles to build container hospital beds
By Reuters Staff, published by Channel News Asia Seoul: South Korean authorities scrambled today (Dec. 10) to build shipping container hospital beds to alleviate medical facilities stretched by the latest coronavirus wave, which shows little sign of abating with 682 new cases. The resurgence of infections has rekindled concerns about an acute shortage of hospital
Read moreTOWERING INFERNO Huge fire engulfs 33-storey block of flats in South Korea
By Jon Lockett, The Sun A HORROR blaze has ripped through a 33-storey tower block in South Korea sending burning debris tumbling to the ground below. Shocking images and videos posted online show giant flames engulfing one side of the apartment building – which is home to around 130 families. The inferno – believed
Read moreSwedish man facing B100 million civil case caught in Chiang Mai
A SWEDISH man who fled a civil court case filed by a South Korean man who is claiming 100 million baht damages for a genital injury that occurred during a tandem paramotor ride in Chiang Mai was captured in this northern city today (June 17), Naewna newspaper reported. Immigration Bureau chief Pol Lt Gen Sompong
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