SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire erupted at a now-shuttered inter-Korean industrial park in North Korea on Thursday, but it wasn’t immediately clear if any South Korean property was damaged, officials said.
The fire was detected from a front-line South Korean observatory post at about 2 p.m. and appeared to have been extinguished about an hour later, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Lu Muying died on April 1 in a government quarantine facility in Shanghai, with her family on the phone as doctors tried to resuscitate her. She had tested positive for COVID-19 in late March and was moved there in line with government policy that all coronavirus cases be centrally isolated.
20 April 2022; MEMO: China, on Wednesday, criticised Sweden after a recent incident took place involving the burning of copies of the Muslim holy book, the Quran, Anadolu News Agency reports.
"Freedom of speech cannot be a reason to incite racial or cultural discrimination and tear society apart," said Wang Wenbin, spokesperson of China's Foreign Ministry, referring to the incident that triggered widespread condemnation across the Muslim world.
BEIJING, April 20 (APP): Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Wednesday hoped that Sweden would earnestly respect the religious beliefs of Muslims and other minority groups, protect their lawful rights and interests, and square their words of respecting and protecting freedom of religious belief with actions.
BEIJING, April 20 (APP): China on Wednesday expressed deep concern over escalating violence and conflict between Israel and Palestine, especially the tension in Jerusalem and opposed any unilateral attempt to alter the historical status quo of Jerusalem.
BEIJING, April 20. /TASS/: China has demanded explanations from Washington over Chinese media reports saying the CIA is using a powerful platform, "Beehive", as cyber warfare, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said at a regular briefing on Wednesday.
"China has expressed its deep concern over the irresponsible and harmful activity on the part of the US government in cyberspace," Wang Wenbin said when asked to comment on the media reports. "We are calling on the US to provide relevant explanations and to immediately stop this activity," the diplomat says.
SHANGHAI, April 20 (Reuters) - China's commercial capital of Shanghai reported no new COVID-19 infections outside quarantine areas in two districts on Wednesday, fanning hopes that the tide is turning in its pandemic battle, as some factories began to return to work.
State media trumpeted the resumption of production by electric car company Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) at its Shanghai plant on Tuesday, after a halt of more than three weeks.
BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- China's civil aviation regulator on Wednesday gave a briefing on a preliminary investigation report on the China Eastern Airlines passenger plane crash in March.
The report contains information about the plane's flight history, crew and maintenance personnel, airworthiness maintenance, wreckage distribution and other issues, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said in a statement.
BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- China-developed BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) is boosting the country's mobile phone industry by enhancing product performance.
Mobile phones equipped with the BDS-3 short message communication function will soon be available in the consumer market. It will help expand the application and function of smartphones and effectively ensure the safety of people's lives and property, according to the China Satellite Navigation Office.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — More than 500 Rohingya refugees escaped from detention in Malaysia early Wednesday following a protest but most have been rearrested, immigration officials said.
The Immigration Department said 528 Rohingya fled after breaking a block door and barrier grill at a temporary detention center in northern Penang state. Police and other agencies were deployed and 362 detainees have been rearrested, the department said in a statement.
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