S.Korea Reports 7,314 More COVID-19 Cases

SEOUL, Dec 18 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 7,314 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 558,864. The daily caseload was down from 7,434 previous day, but it hovered above 7,000 for four straight days. The recent resurgence…

Cambodia Arrests Two Senior Police Officers For Encroaching On Flooded Forest Land

PHNOM PENH, Dec 18 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), arrested two senior police officers for allegedly encroaching on protected flooded forest land, in Tonle Sap, the kingdom’s largest freshwater lake. In its statement, released Thursday midnight, the ACU said, the two detainees are Kampong Chhnang provincial deputy police chief,…

Poverty Incidence In Philippines Up To 23.7 Percent In First Half Of 2021

MANILA, Dec 18 (NNN-PNA) – The poverty incidence among the Philippine population increased to 23.7 percent during the first half of 2021, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said yesterday. “This translates to 26.14 million Filipinos, who live below the poverty threshold, estimated at 12,082 pesos (241.72 U.S. dollars), on average,…

Cambodia’s Siem Reap Airport Welcomes First Int’l Passenger Flight In 20 Months

PHNOM PENH, Dec 18 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s Siem Reap International Airport, yesterday welcomed its first international passenger flight in 20 months, with an inaugural flight from Singapore, said a joint statement. Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) inaugural flight from Singapore to Siem Reap, SQ164, arrived at 9:45 a.m. local time (0145 GMT),…

Death Toll From Typhoon Rai In Philippines Rises To 12

MANILA, Dec 18 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll from Typhoon Rai, that battered the Philippines since Thursday, has climbed to 12, a disaster official said, yesterday. The toll is likely to rise as local officials gather data from the field. Ricardo Jalad, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council…

Turkey Confirms 18,141 Daily COVID-19 Cases

ANKARA, Dec 18 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey, yesterday, reported 18,141 new COVID-19 cases, raising the country’s tally of infections to 9,136,565, according to its health ministry. The death toll from the virus in Turkey rose by 190 to 80,053, while 24,245 more people recovered, in the last 24 hours. A total…

Omicron-Infected Man Visited Soccer Stadium Near Tokyo

TOKYO, Dec 18 (NNN-NHK) – The Tokyo metropolitan government, said yesterday that, a man in his 20s, confirmed to be infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19, visited a stadium near Tokyo, to watch a soccer game. The patient, who has been hospitalised since Wednesday, is an acquaintance of a…

Iran Reports 2,196 Daily COVID-19 Cases, 6,167,650 In Total

TEHRAN, Dec 18 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s health ministry, yesterday, reported 2,196 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s total infection to 6,167,650. The pandemic also claimed 46 lives in the past 24 hours, taking the overall tally to 130,992, Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education said, in an update. A…

China, South Sudan Scholars Share Ideas On Poverty Reduction

JUBA, Dec 18 (NNN-SUNA) – Agriculture, poverty reduction and food security, are among the top priorities for the future of South Sudan’s development, scholars at the second South Sudan-China think tank forum said, in Juba, capital of South Sudan, yesterday. Meshack Malo, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the…

Sharm El-Sheikh Declaration Adopted At UN Anti-Corruption Conference

CAIRO, Dec 18 (NNN-MENA) – The United Nations (UN) anti-corruption conference concluded yesterday, in Egypt’s city of Sharm El-Sheikh, with a declaration on fighting corruption in times of crisis, adopted. The ninth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption, adopted the Sharm El-Sheikh…