Cambodia Sees 83 Percent Rise In Air Passengers With China In 10 Months: Official

PHNOM PENH, Nov 29 (NNN-AKP) — Cambodia recorded a total of 733,729 air passengers between the kingdom and China, during the first 10 months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 83 percent, a spokesperson said, yesterday. “There had been 5,486 flights between Cambodia and China, during the Jan-Oct period…

CSTO States Urge To Fight Terrorism Without Double Standards

ASTANA, Nov 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), yesterday, called on the international community to strive to fight terrorism and oppose the use of double standards. The CSTO Collective Security Council session, wrapped up in Astana, Kazakhstan, yesterday, with a declaration pledging to “consistently…

Social Media Ban For Children Under 16 Becomes Law In Australia

CANBERRA, Nov 29 (NNN-AAP) – With bipartisan support, the bill of social media ban for children under 16 passed the Senate of Australia, late yesterday, the final sitting day of the year. Under the world-first law, children and teenagers under the age of 16 in Australia, will be banned from…

Bodies Of 100 Afghan Migrants Transferred From Iran To Afghanistan

KABUL, Nov 29 (NNN-ANA) – The bodies of 100 Afghan migrants, who lost their lives in Iran, have been transferred to Afghanistan in the past two months, local media outlet reported. The bodies of the deceased have been handed over to local officials in Afghanistan’s frontier province of Nimroz, TOLOnews…

Landslides In North Sumatra Leave At Least Seven Dead, Seven Missing

JAKARTA, Nov 29 (NNN-ANTARA) – Landslides in North Sumatra province claimed at least seven lives, with more than seven others reported missing, according to top rescuers and officials. “We have evacuated seven bodies, and we are still searching for other victims,” said Mustari, head of the provincial search and rescue…

11 Injured In S. Korea’s 53-Vehicle Pileup

SEOUL, Nov 28 (NNN-YONHAP) – Eleven people were injured yesterday, from a pileup involving 53 vehicles, in eastern South Korea. The series of collisions occurred at about 5:50 p.m. local time (0850 GMT), on a road in Wonju, around 120 km east of the capital, Seoul. The accident left 11…

Laos Saw 3.3 Million Int’l Tourists In First 10 Months Of This Year

VIENTIANE, Nov 28 (NNN-KPL) – Laos welcomed 3.3 million foreign visitors, in the first 10 months of this year, a 19 percent increase from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Information, Culture, and Tourism. From Jan to Oct, Thailand, Vietnam and China were top sources of…

Feature: Indonesians Flock To First-Ever Simultaneous Regional Polls

by Dames Alexander Sinaga JAKARTA, Nov 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – Yesterday morning, in the eastern part of Jakarta, capital city of Indonesia, a kindergarten-turned-polling station saw a flood of voters, participating in the country’s first-ever nationwide simultaneous regional elections. Minutes before the voting officially started at 7.00 a.m. local time, many…

Japan To Revise Duty-Free Rules In Fiscal 2026: Media

TOKYO, Nov 28 (NNN-NHK) – Japan plans to revise its duty-free system for foreign visitors, starting in the latter half of fiscal 2026, addressing concerns over misuse of the current framework, Kyodo News cited sources, yesterday. Currently, foreign tourists are exempt from Japan’s 10 percent consumption tax on purchases exceeding…

Two Die In Fire At Japanese Lawmaker’s Residence In Tokyo

TOKYO, Nov 28 (NNN-NHK) – A fire broke out yesterday, in an apartment building in Tokyo, where a Japanese lawmaker lives with her family, and two unidentified bodies have been found at the scene, local authorities said. A report was made after 7.00 p.m. local time yesterday, that a fire…