Forty years ago, Paul Courtright went to South Korea as a Peace Corps volunteer, helping a Third World country find its footing after decades of foreign occupation, poverty, disease and war.Last month ... ( read original story ...)
UN Condemns Growing Repression in Thailand
The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights is expressing alarm at the growing repression and clampdown on freedom of expression and assembly in Thailand. In recent weeks, Thai ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand To Test 10,000 After Virus Outbreak Linked To Seafood Market
Thailand will test more than 10,000 people for coronavirus after an outbreak linked to its biggest seafood market, officials said Sunday. Nearly 700 new infections have been linked to Mahachai market ... ( read original story ...)
Thousands Line up for Tests Amid Thailand Virus Outbreak
Thousands of people have lined up for coronavirus tests in a province near Bangkok, as Thai authorities scrambled to contain an outbreak of the virus that has infected nearly 700 people. ( read original story ...)
Iran sees lowest virus cases in two months, warns of possible new surge
Iran reported 6,312 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, the lowest in nearly two months, but officials warned that the downward trend could easily be reversed and warned against too much social contact ... ( read original story ...)
Column: Biden was left with a mess in Iran. Can he get out of it?
The first foreign policy challenge for the Biden administration will be reviving the U.S. nuclear deal with Iran. ( read original story ...)
Let the turkey take flight
If there is a silver lining to be taken out of a pandemic Christmas, it is that all the rules have gone out of the window. Small gatherings don’t lend themselves to the whole traditional food shebang ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh will procure ultra-modern, high performance fighter planes, says PM Sheikh Hasina
In a bid to make Bangladesh armed forces developed and modern, the government of Bangladesh will be buying ultra modern and high performance fighter planes. ( read original story ...)
UAE assured visa ban ‘temporary’ to check COVID, says Pakistan
Pakistan foreign office says pandemic forced UAE visa restrictions and not ‘security concerns’ as reported earlier. ( read original story ...)
U.S. lawmakers to back $1.9 billion to replace telecom equipment from China’s Huawei, ZTE – source
U.S. lawmakers are expected to endorse $1.9 billion to fund a program to remove telecom network equipment that the U.S. government says pose national security risks as part of a year-end spending bill ... ( read original story ...)