Forum In Malaysia Discussed China-ASEAN Digital Cultural Exchanges

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Digital cultural content has grown in scope and scale, and is a key component of fostering people-to-people ties between China and the Southeast Asian region, participants said at a forum, yesterday. This has not only changed the way through which people in the region…

New Zealand Passes Tougher Laws To Tighten Gangs

WELLINGTON, Sept 20 (NNN-RNZ) – New Zealand has passed tougher laws, to ban gang insignia in all public places, and allow courts to issue non-consorting orders and police, to stop criminal gangs from associating and communicating. Legislation passed through Parliament yesterday, to be effective from Nov 21, will provide police…

Indonesia To Hold Investment Promotion Event In China

JAKARTA, Sept 20 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Ministry of Investment is expected to hold an investment promotion event on Sept 24, in Nantong of east China’s Jiangsu Province, to promulgate investment environment, policies, and opportunities for both countries to boost mutual investment. Officials from the ministry will lead a delegation of…

Sri Lanka To Take Steps To Maintain Peace, Stability During Post-Election Period

COLOMBO, Sept 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan President, Ranil Wickremesinghe, directed security agency heads to take all necessary steps, to maintain peace and stability in the country, during the post-election period, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said, yesterday. The PMD said in a statement that, the National Security Council convened…

Cambodia Increases Monthly Minimum Wage For Garment Industry

PHNOM PENH, Sept 20 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia, yesterday, set a new monthly minimum wage for the country’s garment, footwear and travel goods industry, at 208 U.S. dollars for 2025, up 1.96 percent from the current 204 dollars, Labour and Vocational Training Minister, Heng Sour, said. His remarks came, after the…

Gunman On The Run After Shooting In Sydney

SYDNEY, Sept 20 (NNN-AAP) – A gunman is on the run, after a man was shot in Sydney’s western suburbs, in the early hours of the morning. Police in the state of New South Wales (NSW), said that, they were called to a house in Wetherill Park – approximately 25…

Israel Launches Intensive Airstrikes On Hezbollah Sites In Lebanon: Military Sources

BEIRUT, Sept 20 (NNN-NNA) – Israeli warplanes launched, yesterday, about 60 airstrikes on Hezbollah strongholds in southern and eastern Lebanon, according to Lebanese military sources. The sources, who spoke anonymously, said, “The planes dropped about 150 air-to-ground missiles,” adding that the casualties and damage caused by the intensive raids, “the…

Uzbekistan To Host 4th World Conference On Creative Economy

TASHKENT, Sept 20 (NNN-UzA) – The 4th World Conference on Creative Economy (WCCE), will be held in Tashkent on Oct 2-4, Uzbek media reported, yesterday. Titled “Inclusive Creativity: A Shifted Reality,” this year’s event will explore the social and economic challenges posed by the rapidly advancing technologies, with a particular…

Nepal Spends Nearly 30 Percent Of Gov’t Revenues For Debt Service

KATHMANDU, Sept 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Nepali government spent about one-third of its revenues in repaying loans, in the 2023-24 fiscal year, which ended in mid-July, as the country’s public debt has been ballooning in recent years. As much as 305.37 billion Nepali rupees (2.28 billion U.S. dollars) was used…

ASEAN, Mekong River Commission Committed To Addressing Water Security Challenges

VIENTIANE, Sept 20 (NNN-KPL) – Representatives from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Mekong River Commission (MRC) member countries, gathered here for the second ASEAN-MRC Water Security Dialogue, pledging to address water security challenges across Mekong and ASEAN regions. The dialogue, held on Wednesday, agreed…