Environment

Landmine Explosion Killed One In Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Mac 18 (NNN-AKP) – A boy was killed and his two younger sisters seriously wounded, in a landmine…

Japan finishes first-year ocean discharge of nuclear-tainted wastewater amid backlash

TOKYO, Mac 18 (NNN-NHK) – Despite opposition and concern from at home and abroad, Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power…

Bangladesh’s Sea-Land Oil Storage, Transportation System Operational

DHAKA, Mac 18 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh’s first sea-land integrated oil storage and transportation system, has been put into commercial operation.…

Cambodian PM Presided Over Opening Ceremony Of 8th River Festival In Siem Reap

SIEM REAP, Mac 17 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s Prime Minister, Hun Manet, yesterday, presided over the opening ceremony of the eighth…

Private Resort Within Protected Chocolate Hills Stirs Up Controversy In Philippines

MANILA, Mac 16 (NNN-PNA) – A government probe is underway into a private resort, suspected to be illegally built within…

Around 3,000 Sri Lankan Families Facing Drinking Water Problems Due To Dry Weather

COLOMBO, Mac 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – About 3,000 families in Sri Lanka are facing drinking water problems, due to persistent dry…

5.8-Magnitude Quake Jolted Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture

TOKYO, Mac 15 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8, struck off Japan’s north-eastern prefecture of Fukushima…

Cambodia Recorded 32 Landmine, ERW Casualties Last Year, Down 22 Percent

PHNOM PENH, Mac 14 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia reported 32 landmine and explosive remnant of war (ERW) casualties in 2023, a…

Harsh Winter Kills Over 3.9 Million Head Of Livestock In Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Mac 11 (NNN-APA) – The number of livestock killed by this winter’s extreme cold weather has risen to…

TEPCO Pays 402 Million Yen To Japan Shiitake Mushroom Producers For Reputational Damage

TOKYO, Mac 10 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), paid shiitake mushroom producers in the south-western prefecture of…