Myanmar’s military leader requested international aid on Friday to help deal with the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that killed at least 144 people, a toll the country expects to rise as rescue …
IFC Backs SeaMoney’s Digital Lending in Thailand with $75m Investment
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has proposed an investment of up to $75 million in a senior tranche of …
Myanmar death toll from earthquake nears 150 as junta seeks aid
BANGKOK] Myanmar’s military leader requested international aid on Friday (Mar 28) to help deal with the aftermath of a massive earthquake that he said has left at least 144 people dead. Read more at …
South Korea struggles to contain wildfires that have killed 27
Helicopters dumped water over a burning forest in South Korea on Thursday as fire crews struggled to contain the country’s worst-ever wildfires, which have killed 27 people, forced at least 37,000 others to flee their homes and destroyed more than 300 structures.
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh welcome $73 million in new US financial aid
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh welcomed news of U.S. government aid funding on Friday. Aid agencies, the United Nations and refugees had voiced concerns after the World Food Program warned it may be …
Rescuers Race to Save People and Treasures From South Korea Wildfires
The country’s largest blaze on record has left 27 dead and destroyed heritage sites, including two 1,000-year-old temples.
Earthquake kills more than 150 in Myanmar, Thailand
At least 154 people died in a powerful, 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar on Friday and caused widespread damage in neighboring Thailand and southwestern China. In Myanmar, formerly …
‘Then, the phone rang’: BBC’s Mark Lowen on being deported from Turkey
At 9.30pm, I was moved to the foreigners’ custody unit of the Istanbul police. There, the atmosphere hardened from a succession of chain-smoking officers, with whom I had to negotiate in my broken …
Growing demand for patchouli oil is driving the industry in Indonesia, but at what cost?
Tucked between the village and the forest, Haruna and his father-in-law worked diligently through the night distilling dried patchouli plants, stoking the boiler with firewood, drops of fragrant …
Sludge collapse kills 1 at a Chinese-funded nickel plant in Indonesia
Officials say one person is dead and two are missing after a nickel waste disposal site collapsed on Indonesia’s Sulawesi Island.