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Number of self-employed tumbles amid coronavirus in South Korea
SEOUL: The number of self-employed people in South Korea has fallen at a far faster pace in 2020 than last year in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, data showed Tuesday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy had 5.548 million self-employed people as
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Thailand: Two activists released after spending five days in jail
BANGKOK: Two Thai activists, who were arrested for breaching their bails last month, were released on Monday after police told the court that they had no grounds to detain them. Human rights lawyer, Anon Nampa, 35, and student activist Panupong Jadnok,
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World’s loneliest elephant quit Islamabad zoo for new life in Cambodia
An elephant who has become a cause celebre for animal rights activists around the world will be allowed to leave his Pakistani zoo and transferred to better conditions, the animal welfare group helping with the case said on Saturday. Dubbed
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Prime Minister: Australians can get free coronavirus vaccine early 2021
MOSCOW: A coronavirus vaccine will likely become available to people in Australia as early as at the start of next year, reported Sputnik news agency, quoting Prime Minister Scott Morrison. “Australians will gain free access to a COVID-19 vaccine in
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Trump urges Saudi King to promote regional reconciliation in Middle East
MOSCOW: US President Donald Trump has called on King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia to negotiate with the other Gulf countries with the goal of overcoming the regional rift on the heels of the US-brokered landmark agreement between the
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Survivor: Cargo ship carrying 43 crew and thousands of cattle sinks off Japan
KAGOSHIMA: The rescued male Filipino crew member of a Panamanian-registered freighter distressed off Japan has said that the ship sank after capsizing, reported Jiji Press quoting Japan Coast Guard officials Thursday. The coast guard is searching for 42 other non-Japanese crew
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Vietnam’s Deputy PM calls for global unity to overcome COVID-19 crisis
HANOI: International and regional cooperation are more important than ever before for the world to overcome the COVID-19 crisis, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said on Thursday when attending a virtual conference of the Group of
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Philippine unemployment rate hits 10 pct in July due to COVID-19 pandemic
MANILA: The number of Filipinos without jobs reached 4.6 million in July 2020 as the country grapples with the economic fallout of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, reported Xinhua news agency, quoting data from the Philippine government’s latest survey on
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Typhoon Maysak rips through S. Korea, killing 1
SEOUL: Typhoon Maysak, the season’s ninth typhoon, stormed through South Korea on Thursday, killing one and disrupting flights and traffic across the country, Yonhap News Agency reported. The tropical storm was travelling northeast after arriving at the East Sea at 6.30
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COVID-19 : Singapore reports 40 new cases; seven imported
SINGAPORE: Singapore has preliminarily confirmed an additional 40 cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total number of infections in the republic to 56,852. “Based on our investigations so far, there is one case in the community, who is a work pass holder,” the
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