Cambodia Made Over 666 Million USD From Rubber Latex Exports Last Year

PHNOM PENH, Jan 22 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia earned 666.2 million U.S. dollars in revenue, from exports of natural rubber latex last year, up 35.4 percent from 492 million dollars in the year before, said a General Directorate of Rubber report, today. “A tonne of rubber latex averagely cost 1,971 U.S.…

Japan’s Bird Flu Cases Surge This Month

TOKYO, Jan 22 (NNN-NHK) – Japan is experiencing a surge of avian influenza outbreaks, with approximately five million chickens and other birds culled across five prefectures this month. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, confirmed new outbreaks at two poultry farms in Morioka City this week, prompting the establishment…

Thai Cabinet Approves Carbon Tax To Curb Emissions

BANGKOK, Jan 22 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s cabinet, yesterday, approved a plan to impose a carbon tax on petroleum products, as part of the country’s ongoing efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions. In a statement, Minister of Finance, Pichai Chunhavajira, said, the mandatory carbon pricing mechanism will be incorporated into the…

Nine Bodies Retrieved In Indonesia Shopping Mall Fire

JAKARTA, Jan 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – Rescuers, yesterday, retrieved the body of a victim killed in a shopping mall fire in the Indonesian city of Jakarta, bringing the total number of deaths to nine, according to the city’s disaster mitigation agency. The body was discovered at around 2.00 p.m. local time,…

Death Toll In Indonesia’s Central Java Landslides Rose To 18

JAKARTA, Jan 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – The death toll from landslides that struck Pekalongan region, in Indonesia’s Central Java province, yesterday, has risen to 18, according to the provincial disaster mitigation agency. Bergas Catursasi Penanggungan, head of the Central Java disaster mitigation agency, said that, over nine people are still missing,…

ASEAN Cooperation Vital For Regional Peace, Security: Malaysian Official

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Cross-border cooperation among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), is vital in preserving regional peace and security, Malaysian Home Minister, Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, said yesterday. It is particularly important for ASEAN to overcome existing and emerging security challenges, including transnational crime threats,…

Sri Lankan Stocks Surpassed Historic Milestone

COLOMBO, Jan 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s All Share Price Index (ASPI), of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), surpassed the 16,500 mark, for the first time in history, yesterday, official data showed. Meanwhile, the S&P SL20 also made history by crossing 5,000 points for the first time. These developments are…

Four Hospitalised After Car Hit Melbourne Home

SYDNEY, Jan 22 (NNN-AAP) – Four people have been hospitalised, after a car crashed into a house in Australia’s state of Victoria early today, local media reported. Victorian police said that, the car hit a house in Hampton Park, 36 km south-east of central Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria,…

Cambodia, Timor-Leste Sign MoU On Cooperation

PHNOM PENH, Jan 22 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia and Timor-Leste signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the fields of post, telecommunications, information and communications technology (ICT), and digital transformation, said a joint press release, yesterday. The deal was inked on Monday, in north-west Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, between…

Survey Confirms Presence Of Many Rare Species In Cambodia’s Virachey National Park

PHNOM PENH, Jan 22 (NNN-AKP) – A comprehensive survey discovered the presence of a vast array of threatened species in Cambodia’s Virachey National Park, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Environment said, yesterday. Khvay Atitya, who is also an undersecretary of state for the Ministry of Environment, said, the survey…