TAKEO, Cambodia, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said here Sunday that the country's economy is expected to achieve a 5.6 percent growth rate in 2023, up from 5.2 percent in 2022.
Peace, together with the successful control of the COVID-19 pandemic, has laid a strong foundation for the Southeast Asian country to recover its economy from the pandemic, he said.
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese official lodged a complaint with South Korea’s ambassador to China, in a tit-for-tat move after Beijing’s envoy to South Korea was summoned last week over his comments accusing Seoul of tilting toward the United States.
Assistant Foreign Minister Nong Rong expressed dissatisfaction with Seoul’s response to last week’s meeting between Chinese Ambassador Xing Haiming and a South Korean opposition leader, according to a statement Sunday from China’s Foreign Ministry.
BEIJING, June 10 (APP): After successful transportation of seafood cargo container to Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region through Karakoram highway, Pakistan will be targeting $1 billion of trade with China through land route in coming years, Commercial Counselor, Embassy of Pakistan, Ghulam Qadir said on Saturday.
SINGAPORE, June 10 (NNN-Bernama) — Online fraud is a big issue not only for Malaysia but for many countries, said Deputy Minister of Communications and Digital Teo Nie Ching.
According to Teo, this was from the findings of the G2G Ministerial Roundtable: Scams And AI Governance which she attended on the sidelines of the four-day Asia Tech x Singapore (ATxSG) event that ended on June 9, 2023.
TOKYO, June 10 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. debt limit deal confirmed the ugliest assessments of U.S. politics and policymaking, said a recent commentary by The Japan Times.
"Most troubling of the fiasco is the damage done to images of American credibility, capability and competence," it said.
The commentary published Tuesday also called the U.S. debt debacle "a completely self-created crisis."
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Saturday said the self-ruled island would work to improve its rescue and defense capabilities with new technologies, adding that strengthening Taiwan is key to maintaining peace.
Tsai also pledged that her government would promote policies to safeguard maritime and border security after inspecting an anti-terror drill in Kaohsiung city in southwestern Taiwan.
“The safer Taiwan is, the safer the world is,” she said.
Beijing, Jun 9 (PTI) China on Friday said it is ready to work with South Africa to bolster the security for the BRICS summit in August in light of the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
BRICS is an international grouping comprising China, India, Russia, Brazil and South Africa.
HONG KONG, June 9 (Reuters) - A pair of Rubber Ducks made a splash in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour on Friday, part of an art installation dubbed "Double Ducks" by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, who says he hopes the ducks will bring happiness to the city.
The inflatable yellow ducks, 18 metres (59 feet) high, will sail on the harbour for two weeks and come a decade after Hofman's "Rubber Duck" sculpture drew crowds in the Asian financial hub in 2013.
Hofman said his pair of ducks represent "twice the fun, double the happiness" and bring new excitement to Hong Kong.
JAKARTA, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano in the waters of Sunda Strait erupted on Friday, sending up some 3,000 meters high volcanic ash cloud into the sky.
According to Mount Anak Krakatau Observation Post Officer Deny Mardiono, the eruption occurred at 08:46 local time (0146 GMT) for 56 seconds, with the wind heading southwest.
Meanwhile, on Friday last week, the volcano erupted and spewed an 800 meters high volcanic ash cloud.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s parliament on Friday approved a revision to an immigration and refugee law that will allow the forced repatriation of asylum seekers after they are denied refugee status twice, a change that rights activists say could lead to their persecution at home.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing coalition and other conservative parties passed the revision with their overwhelming majority despite strong opposition.
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