Hyundai Glovis said Tuesday it set up a new branch in Kazakhstan and signed a seven-year transportation business deal with local beverage firm RG Brands, its first move to target the logistics market ... ( read original story ...)
Asia Today: Virus Confirmed in 321 Sri Lanka Garment Workers
Sri Lanka has confirmed a cluster of more than 300 garment factory workers, days after reporting its first community infection in two months. ( read original story ...)
Kim Jong Un Calls for ‘80-Day Battle’ to Boost North Korea Economy
North Korea launched its first productivity campaign in four years to funnel workers and resources to major projects in a bid to revive an economy walloped by sanctions and flooding from typhoons. ( read original story ...)
North Korea’s Kim Lays Out 80-Day Campaign to Attain Goals This Year
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called on his country to embark on an 80-day campaign to attain its goals in every sector before a congress in January to decide a new five-year plan, state news ... ( read original story ...)
Reporters Respond to White House COVID-19 Outbreak: ‘I Felt Safer’ in North Korea
Reporters reacted strongly Monday after White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said she was the latest in the administration to test positive for COVID-19. One CBS News reporter, Ben Tracy, even ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea hails restoration of farmland ahead of party anniversary
North Korea's claim of recovered farmland comes after the state admitted last week the country suffered considerable losses due to recent floods that destroyed farms and upended villages. North Korea ... ( read original story ...)
Educating Hima: Maggie Doyne on battling poverty in Nepal
Maggie Doyne still remembers the moment that changed her life forever. A chance encounter with six-year-old Hima, a little girl forced into manual labour to help her impoverished family, helped ... ( read original story ...)
Road connecting Changru, Tinkar in Nepal to district headquarters inaugurated
Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) [India], October 6 (ANI): The pedestrian road built by Nepal Army connecting Changru and Tinkar, the last villages along its border with China, to the district headquarters ... ( read original story ...)
Nepal stares at another lockdown as COVID casehold surpasses that of China
The number of cases exceeded the total number of infections reported by China, the host nation for coronavirus. The Northern neighbour of the Himalayan nation ... ( read original story ...)
The response to the pandemic will further isolate Nepal
Nepal, Oct. 6 -- Many have asked me as to why in my book Unleashing Nepal there is a chapter titled 'Isolation' and it is always very easy to explain, at least in regards to the Kathmandu Valley. The ... ( read original story ...)