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Month: June 2023

Posted on June 30, 2023

Fukushima nuclear plant: South Koreans stockpile salt as Japan set to dump treated radioactive waste water into sea

‘As a mother raising two children, I can’t just sit back and do nothing,’ said a woman, who recently bought 5kg of salt.

Posted on June 29, 2023

Thai passenger has leg amputated at Bangkok airport after getting trapped by moving walkway

The 57-year-old was due to take a domestic flight from the capital’s Don Mueang Airport when she got caught up, eventually having her leg removed at the scene.

Posted on June 29, 2023

Australia inquiry finds ex-NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian, China-linked MP Daryl Maguire engaged in corrupt conduct

The state’s graft watchdog said Berejiklian failed to notify it of her concerns that Maguire, with whom she was in a relationship, may have engaged in corrupt conduct.

Posted on June 29, 2023

Cambodian PM Hun Sen switches social media loyalty from Facebook to Telegram in face of potential ban

The long-serving prime minister said he will no longer upload to Facebook where he has 14 million followers.

Posted on June 28, 2023

India starts to gag on its Russian oil binge as refiners reach limits of what they can process

Russian oil accounted for almost half of all India’s imports last month – a staggering leap from less than 2 per cent before the Ukraine war. But its refiners are struggling to keep pace

Posted on June 28, 2023

Chinese, Indonesians, Malaysians among 2,700 victims rescued in Philippines cyber scam raid

Those rescued from a compound in Las Pinas city, in Metro Manila, included 604 Chinese, 183 Vietnamese, 137 Indonesians, 134 Malaysians, 81 Thais – and 1,534 Filipinos, police said.

Posted on June 27, 2023

Sri Lanka takes a 5-day holiday to manage economic shocks as domestic-debt restructuring looms

The cash-strapped South Asian nation is closing its banks from Thursday to begin a restructuring process linked to the US$2.9 billion loan it received from the IMF earlier this year.

Posted on June 27, 2023

Singapore teeters on edge of recession after industrial output nosedives

Economists now expect the city state’s economy to have contracted over two quarters, enough to count as a technical recession and raising the prospect’s of a downgrade to the full-year growth forecast.

Posted on June 26, 2023

As Indonesia stands by bauxite ore ban, can it replicate nickel success?

The ban is part of Indonesia’s ‘downstreaming policy’ to boost revenue from raw materials by requiring miners and producers to build onshore refining facilities.

Posted on June 26, 2023

Chinese EV makers pour money into Thailand to secure foothold in its ‘trailblazing’ car-manufacturing industry

Great Wall Motor and BYD Co. already have factories there, with Chongqing Changan Automobile, GAC Aion and Hozon New Energy Automobile Co. also poised to start production in the kingdom soon.

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