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Wed, February 1, 2023 | 17:57

Myanmar opium farming booming after coup: UN

Myanmar opium farming booming after coup: UN

Opium poppy production in Myanmar ramped up dramatically following the 2021 military coup, the UN's drugs office said Thursday, as political and economic turmoil drove farmers to cultivate the crop.

2023-01-26 20:46

Indian wrestlers continue protest over sexual harassment

Indian wrestlers continue protest over sexual harassment

Top Indian wrestlers continued a sit-in protest near the parliament building for a third straight day Friday as the federation president they accused of sexually and mentally harassing young female athletes remained defiant and refused to quit.

2023-01-20 22:06

India backs Sri Lanka to secure IMF bailout plan amid crisis

India backs Sri Lanka to secure IMF bailout plan amid crisis

India's foreign minister said Friday his country has given financial assurances to the International Monetary Fund to facilitate a bailout plan to help neighboring Sri Lanka emerge from its worst economic crisis, in a first formal announcement from one of the island nation's creditors.

2023-01-20 19:27

China reports 60,000 COVID-related deaths, says peak passed

China reports 60,000 COVID-related deaths, says peak passed

China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December, offering hard numbers for an unprecedented surge that was apparent in overcrowded hospitals and packed crematoriums, even as the government released little data about the status of the pandemic for weeks.

2023-01-15 09:58

HK-China border opens again, but no influx of mainland travelers yet

HK-China border opens again, but no influx of mainland travelers yet

HONG KONG - The border that divides mainland China and Hong Kong reopened on Jan. 8, following Beijing's easing of many COVID-19 restrictions, a move that now enables 60,000 people to enter each other's territory every day. Although there have been some visitors to each side during the past several days since the measure took effect, the anticipated influx of mainland Chinese...

Park Ji-won | 2023-01-15 08:22

Philippine police chief offers to quit over drug-linked cops

Philippine police chief offers to quit over drug-linked cops

The Philippine national police chief said Thursday he has tendered his resignation to encourage nearly a thousand other ranking police officials to do the same to regain public trust after some enforcers were arrested due to illegal drugs, further tainting the police force's notorious image.

2023-01-05 21:54

Beds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID-19 spreads

Beds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID-19 spreads

Patients, mostly older people, laid on stretchers in hallways or took oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as a COVID-19 outbreak stretched public health facilities' resources in China's capital Beijing, even after its reported peak.

2023-01-05 21:54

Philippine leader emphasizes economic ties on visit to China

Philippine leader emphasizes economic ties on visit to China

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is pushing for closer economic ties on a visit to China that seeks to sidestep territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

2023-01-04 21:05

Japan to tighten COVID border controls for travelers from China

Japan to tighten COVID border controls for travelers from China

Japan will toughen from Sunday its COVID-19 border control measures for travelers from China, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, in response to a surge of infections among such visitors.

2023-01-04 20:52

Myanmar junta marks Independence Day with show of force, mass pardons

Myanmar junta marks Independence Day with show of force, mass pardons

Myanmar's junta announced an amnesty for 7,000 prisoners to mark Independence Day on Wednesday following a show of force in the capital, days after increasing democracy figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi's jail term to 33 years.

2023-01-04 20:14

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