The most significant attack occurred at 7.10pm when over 10 armed insurgents drove a truck and a car to the Sungai Kolok district office. They opened fire on volunteer defense officers stationed at the gate. An insurgent parked a car equipped with explosives near the conference room building before opening fire and throwing three to four pipe bombs into the district office. The explosives detonated, and the insurgents fled the scene in the truck. Police sealed off the area and contacted the explosive ordnance disposal unit for inspection. Two volunteer defense officers were killed in the attack, while nine others…
Author: Asia News Network
Despite a few hiccups, India rarely looked in trouble as they chased down the 252-run target set by New Zealand with an over to spare, backed by a passionate Indian crowd at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. In stark contrast to their 11-year drought in ICC events following their second Champions Trophy title in 2013, the Men in Blue have turned their fortunes around in recent times. They ended their trophyless run in June last year by clinching the T20 World Cup in the West Indies and the USA, securing a dramatic win against South Africa in the final. India…
BEIJING – A Chinese company is gunning to become the world’s first mass producer of flying cars in 2026, as the country ramps up a drive to develop its “low-altitude economy”. The futuristic vehicle in question – a “land aircraft carrier” in which a passenger drone unfolds from the boot of a six-wheeled van – is developed by a subsidiary of electric carmaker Xpeng. In theory, users would be able to drive themselves to a take-off site, detach the drone, climb in and navigate the rest of their journey by air. This potentially cuts down on travel time and makes…
TOKYO – Some bullet train services were temporarily suspended Thursday after cars on a Tohoku Shinkansen train become disconnected. East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) is investigating the details. According to JR East, the northbound Hayabusa-Komachi No. 21 train out of Tokyo Station came to an emergency stop when the 10-car Hayabusa and seven-car Komachi separated while the trains were in motion between Ueno and Omiya stations at around 11:30 a.m. Thursday. Services on the Tohoku, Joetsu and Hokuriku Shinkansen lines were stopped as a result. There were approximately 450 passengers on the Hayabusa and 200 passengers on the Komachi,…
SEOUL – When Sean Baker took home four statuettes at this year’s Oscars—a feat unmatched since Walt Disney in 1954 —it cemented the director’s reputation as cinema’s preeminent chronicler of the sex worker community. His film “Anora,” about a Brooklyn stripper whose fairy-tale marriage to a Russian oligarch’s son unravels spectacularly, won five Oscars, with four going to Baker himself: best director, best original screenplay, best editing and best picture. From “Tangerine” (2015), with its transgender sex workers on a Christmas Eve adventure, to “The Florida Project” (2017), featuring a struggling single mother who turns to sex work to make…
SINGAPORE – There will be no hard cap on how long a migrant worker can work here from July 1, 2025, in a move that is set to reshape Singapore’s foreign workforce for years to come. Currently, work permit holders can be employed here for a limit of 14 to 26 years. This limit will be removed, said Manpower Minister Tan See Leng in Parliament on March 6. The change does not apply to migrant domestic workers, who come under a slightly different regime. This is among several changes made to the work permit framework to enable local firms to…
KATHMANDU – Almost every village in Rukum East and Rukum West has stories of local young men and women paying hefty sums to cross multiple borders illegally to get to the United States. Some have succeeded but many have been detained, deported or stranded in foreign lands. The impact of Donald Trump’s re-election and stricter immigration policies that followed in its wake is being felt in remote Nepali villages. Parents who invested millions to send their children abroad now fear they may be sent back, leaving them in financial ruin. A middle-aged man from Banphikot Rural Municipality-3 in Rukum West…
BANGKOK – Six people were injured in a pipe bomb attack at a road-railway crossing in Muang district, Yala province on Wednesday evening. CCTV footage showed two men on motorcycles throwing two pipe bombs onto Pad Rotfai Road in Sateng subdistrict as motorists were waiting for the traffic light to change. Only one of the bombs exploded. The blast damaged a trailer truck and injured six people, who were rushed to Yala Hospital, police said. In neighbouring Pattani province, two CCTV cameras in Sai Buri and Panare districts were destroyed by fire on Wednesday night in a suspected attempt by…
SEOUL – A fighter jet accidentally dropped multiple bombs on a civilian village in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, on Thursday, injuring seven people and damaging several buildings. The South Korean Air Force confirmed that during a live-fire drill conducted as part of the Freedom Shield Exercise 2025, the annual military exercise between the South Korean and US militaries, a KF-16 fighter jet mistakenly released eight MK-82 bombs outside the designated firing range near the Seungjin Training Ground in Pocheon. The bombs landed on a road near Nangyu Bridge in Nogok-ri, Idong-myeon, Pocheon — approximately 50 kilometers northeast of Seoul — at…
TOKYO – The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry presented a draft proposal of a guideline that requires advertisers to ensure the proper distribution of online advertisements, at an expert panel on Monday. The guideline encourages companies to take voluntary measures such as drawing up an advertising management policy and implementing a tool to verify websites where advertisements are distributed. The aim is to prevent ads from being placed on inappropriate websites that contain misinformation and advertisement money from being paid. The ministry plans to formulate the guideline and release it as early as this month. The draft proposal, which was…