Radioactive contamination from the Fukushima power plant disaster has been detected as far as almost 400 miles off Japan in the Pacific Ocean, with water showing readings of up to 1,000 times more than prior levels, scientists reported Tuesday.
Jordan signed a memorandum of understanding with a South Korean company on Tuesday to explore oil in the Arab kingdom, the state-run Petra news agency reported.
Thailand’s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department revealed on Tuesday that 15 of the kingdom’s 77 provinces have been hit by drought.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Monday that China has noted reports on the trilateral summit attended by Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran.
Thai police on Monday took the second bomb suspect, Mohammad Hazaei, to the Metropolitan Police Bureau for the first-time questioning and formally charged him of involvement in the Bangkok blasts on Feb. 14.
China hopes relevant parties will resume dialogues amid Iran’s cuts on oil exports to British and French companies, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Monday.
Myanmar President U Thein Sein met with visiting Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Dr. Surin Pitsuwan in Nay Pyi Taw Monday, official sources from the capital said.
Bali bomber suspect Umar Patek on Monday admitted he assembled the bombs used in exploding two night clubs in Kuta street, Bali in 2002 that killed 202 people, but denied masterminding the plot and involvement in the Christmas blasts in 2000 and supplying weapons to Indonesia.
Three female Cambodian garment workers got wounded on Monday by bullets shot from an unidentified gunman while they were protesting for salary increase in front of their factories in Svay Rieng province bordering with Vietnam, said police.
Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie met with his Indonesian counterpart Purnomo Yusgiantoro on Monday and exchanged views on bilateral ties and relations between the two militaries.
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