SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea hasn’t responded to U.S. attempts to discuss the American soldier who bolted across the heavily armed border, officials in Washington said, underscoring that the serviceman’s prospects for a quick release are unclear at a time of high tensions and inactive communication channels.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A pink phone. A New York mission. Swedish diplomats. A North-South Korean hotline.
The United States and reclusive North Korea have no diplomatic ties — but they still have ways to contact each other. An American official said Wednesday that the U.S. government had reached out to the North as it tries to discuss a U.S. soldier who dashed into North Korea during a tour of a border area this week. The North has not yet responded, according to the U.S.
Singapore, Jul 20 (PTI) A 70-year-old Indian-origin lawyer has pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal breach of trust involving nearly SGD 4,59,000 and an offence under the Legal Profession Act, according to a media report on Thursday.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Norman Yew on Wednesday said Gurdaib Singh Pala Singh misappropriated the money between November 18 and December 23, 2014, and used it to pay for items such as office expenses for Gurdaib Cheong and Partners (GCP).
BEIJING, July 19. /TASS/: Beijing strongly opposes plans by deputy head of the Taiwanese administration Lai Qingde to transit the US, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said at a briefing on Wednesday.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 19 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) is set to take delivery of its first brand new Boeing 737-8 aircraft in August 2023.
In a statement Wednesday, the national carrier said it will gradually grow its 737-8 fleet to 25 by 2026.
“The introduction of our new 737-8 aircraft in August 2023 sets a new standard in air travel.
BATU PAHAT (Johor, Malaysia), July 19 (NNN-Bernama) — Three Myanmar nationals were found dead in a car parked at the Yong Peng rest and relax (R&R) southbound near Batu Pahat in Malaysia’s southern state of Johor on Tuesday.
Acting Batu Pahat OCPD Supt Shahrulanuar Mushaddat Abdullah Sani said the car was locked, with its windows wound up and engine and air-conditioning running when the incident happened.
Police were alerted to the incident by members of the public at about 9.15 pm.
SINGAPORE, July 19 (Reuters) - Two senior members of Singapore's largest opposition party quit on Wednesday after admitting to an inappropriate relationship, the latest scandal to hit a country otherwise used to stable and drama-free politics.
The Workers' Party (WP) said member of parliament Leon Perera and its youth wing president Nicole Seah had handed in letters of resignation after a video circulated on social media earlier this week showing the pair holding hands.
China said Wednesday it has dispatched navy ships in preparation for joint exercises with Russia’s sea forces, in a sign of Beijing’s continuing support for Moscow’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
The move comes despite the growing economic and humanitarian repercussions of the bloody 16 month-old air, sea and ground assault.
BANGKOK (AP) — The bitter battle to name Thailand’s next prime minister took a major turn Wednesday as Parliament voted to deny Pita Limjaroenrat, whose progressive Move Forward Party won a surprise victory in May’s election, a second chance to be confirmed for the post.
Pita had assembled a coalition of parties holding a majority in the House of Representatives. But his nomination for prime minister was defeated in a joint vote of the House and Senate last week, with conservative military-appointed senators mostly refusing their support.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea Wednesday in what appeared to be a statement of defiance as the United States deployed a nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in decades.
The launches came as the U.S. and the U.S.-led United Nations Command worked to resolve the highly unusual situation involving a U.S. soldier who crossed into North Korea while on a tour of a border village Tuesday afternoon.
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