Asia

Myanmar Speeds Up Issuing Travel Permits For Foreigners To Visit Myanmar’s Ruby Land

YANGON, Myanmar, Feb 12 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar sped up the issuance of travel permits, for foreign tourists who plan to…

Uzbekistan To Boost Textile Industry, Unlock Export Potential

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Feb 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – Uzbek President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, signed a decree to deepen reforms in the textile industry,…

Cambodian, Thai Defence Ministers To Discuss Cooperation Along Border

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Feb 12 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Defence Minister, Gen. Tea Banh, will meet with his Thai counterpart, Gen.…

Brunei’s Road Fatalities Down 44 Percent: Minister

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei Darussalam, Feb 12 (NNN-PB) – Road fatalities in Brunei went down by 44 percent, as the…

Pakistan’s Finance Minister Stresses To Enhance Trade Ties With Regional Countries

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb 12 (NNN-PPI) – Pakistani Finance Minister, Asad Umar, stressed the need to enhance trade ties with neighbouring…

Indonesia Concerned About Threat Of Spreading Terrorist Fighters

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 12 (NNN-ANTARA) – With Daesh’s defeat in Syria, Indonesia has observed the shifting to the region, among…

S. Korea Chooses Seoul To Bid For Olympics With DPRK – Report

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon, right, speaks during the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee general assembly at the National Training Center…

Vietnamese Arrested For Transporting Illicit Drug From Laos To Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam, Feb 12 (NNN-VNA) – A 47-year-old man from Vietnam’s central Thanh Hoa province, has been caught red-handed, transporting…

Four Dead In Military Copter Crash In Istanbul

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Feb 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Four soldiers were killed on Monday, when a military helicopter crashed in a park,…

Thailand to release refugee footballer after Bahrain dropped extradition request

BANGKOK, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thailand dropped extradition proceedings against detained Bahraini refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi on Monday (Feb 11), following…