Asia

Top DPRK Leader Meets Visiting Senior Russian Official

PYONGYANG, Mar 22 (NNN-KCNA) – Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the…

Mongolia To Launch National Programme To Protect Water Resources

ULAN BATOR, Mar 22 (NNN-APA) – Mongolia will implement the “Blue Gold” national programme, to protect water resources, avoid water…

Residents Should Stay Home If Mount Fuji Erupts: Gov’t Panel

TOKYO, Mar 22 (NNN-NHK) – A government-appointed panel in Japan said yesterday that, residents of Tokyo and nearby prefectures, should…

Indonesia’s Mt. Lewotobi Laki-Laki Eruption Triggers Evacuation, Flight Disruptions

JAKARTA, Mar 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – The administration of East Flores regency, in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province, has declared an…

Kyrgyzstan Celebrated Spring Equinox Holiday, Nowruz

BISHKEK, Mar 22 (NNN-KNA) – Kyrgyzstan celebrated the spring equinox holiday, Nowruz, yesterday, Mar 21, which was a public holiday…

DPRK Condemned U.S.-S.Korean Military Exercises As “War Rehearsal”

PYONGYANG, Mar 22 (NNN-KCNA) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Thursday, condemned the Freedom Shield military exercises,…

Two Of Six Missing Foreign Hikers In Philippines Found, Search For Four Continues

MANILA, Mar 21 (NNN-PNA) – Rescuers today found two of the six missing foreign nationals, who went missing while hiking…

Australia’s NSW Police Investigate Online Threats Against Two Southwest Sydney Mosques

SYDNEY, Mar 21 (NNN-AAP) – Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) Police, said today that, police were investigating a second threat…

Kirsty Coventry becomes first female and first African president of IOC

Kirsty Coventry delivers a speech after being elected as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) COSTA NAVARINO…

S. Korea’s Opposition Parties Submit Impeachment Motion Against Acting President

SEOUL, Mar 21 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s opposition parties, today, submitted an impeachment motion against Choi Sang-mok, deputy prime minister…