Typhoon Khanun To Hit Okinawa Again

TOKYO, Aug 5 (NNN-NHK) – Powerful typhoon Khanun will again bring fierce wind and rainstorms to the Japanese southern island prefecture of Okinawa, during the weekend, the country’s weather agency reported. Khanun, the sixth typhoon of the year, will be quite close to Okinawa and Amami-Oshima Island, in the south-western…

Indian Gov’t Targets Zero Stubble Burning In Delhi

NEW DELHI, Aug 5 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government aims to work towards achieving zero padi stubble burning incidents, in the current season, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare said, yesterday. An inter-ministerial meeting was held on Thursday, to review the preparedness of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and the…

Engine Trouble Forced Indian Flight To Make Emergency Landing, Passengers Safe

NEW DELHI, Aug 5 (NNN-PTI) – A mid-air scare forced an IndiGo airlines flight to make an emergency landing yesterday, at the airport in Patna, the capital city of the eastern Indian state of Bihar, officials said. All the passengers are said to be safe. The Delhi-bound flight 6E 2433,…

U.S. Soldiers In S. Korea Caught Smuggling, Distributing Drugs

SEOUL, Aug 5 (NNN-YONHAP) – U.S. soldiers in South Korea had been caught smuggling drugs through military mail, and distributing them here, local broadcaster MBC reported. The police in Pyeongtaek, about 70 km south of the capital Seoul, apprehended a South Korean woman in her 20s, on charges of distributing…

Japan’s Ruling LDP Lawmaker Resigns Over Bribery Scandal

TOKYO, Aug 4 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker, Masatoshi Akimoto, resigned today, amid allegations that he accepted bribes from a wind power generation company, local media reported. The 47-year-old fourth-term House of Representatives member, proposed to step down from his current post of parliamentary vice foreign…

Water-Related Accidents Claimed Over 40 Lives In Mongolia, So Far This Year

ULAN BATOR, Aug 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Forty-two people have been killed in water-related accidents across Mongolia, since the beginning of the year, emergency authorities said today. Thirty of the deceased were adults and 12 others were children, the National Emergency Management Agency said, in a statement. The leading causes of…

Cambodia’s Famed Angkor Made 20.3-Million-USD Revenue In First Seven Months

PHNOM PENH, Aug 4 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park earned 20.3 million U.S. dollars from ticket sales, in the first seven months of this year, up 502 percent from 3.37 million dollars in the same period last year, said a report today. The Angkor attracted 439,365 international tourists…

Vietnam To Consider Direct Power Purchase Agreement For Renewable Energy

HANOI, Aug 4 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam will consider a direct power purchase agreement (DPPA) mechanism, between renewable power generators and large electricity users, without going through its state utility EVN, local media reported today. If approved, the buying and selling of electricity would be conducted through a private transmission line…

Aussie Police Seized Over 39-Million-USD Worth Of Cannabis, Arrested 11

SYDNEY, Aug 4 (NNN-AAP) – Australian police have charged 11 people, after a seizure of approximately 60 million Australian dollars (about 39.5 million U.S. dollars) worth of cannabis, in the state of Queensland. Queensland police said in a statement today that, a search warrant was executed in Coonambula on Jul…

Malaysia, Brunei Agree To Cooperate On Trade, Connectivity, Disaster Management

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 4 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia and Brunei have concluded their bilateral annual leaders’ consultation between Malaysian Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim and Brunei’s Sultan, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, who is on a three-day visit to Malaysia. Among the results of the consultation will be the opening of the Sarawak Trade…