Ketut Maryana

Sunday | March 30, 2025 Rescuers are desperately searching for survivors more than two days after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, toppling buildings as far away as the Thai capital Bangkok and sending tremors through nearby Chinese provinces. At least 1,700 people have been confirmed dead in Myanmar following the country’s strongest earthquake in

Monday | 18 Feb 2025 Prime Minister of Nepal, KP Sharma Oli, on Monday, February 17, officially addressed the tragic death of a Nepali student at the hostel of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University in Odisha, India. He also acknowledged reports of other Nepali students facing forceful eviction from the university premises. The

Monday | February 10, 2025 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), secured a decisive victory in the elections for Delhi’s legislative assembly on Saturday, marking the first time in 27 years that the party has taken control of the capital’s government. This win dealt a significant blow to

Saturday | January 11, 2025 Chinese hackers breached the US government office that reviews foreign investments for national security risks, three US officials familiar with the matter told CNN. As tensions between the world’s two superpowers continue to rise, the heist, which has not been previously revealed, highlights Beijing’s significant interest in spying on a

Seoul, South Korea | Fri May 10, 2024 That economy-class seat you once occupied while flying in Asia might one day be the very place from where the United States nuclear weapons arsenal is controlled. This is due to the fact that Sierra Nevada Corporation, the company in charge of building the replacements for the

Jakarta | January 17, 2024 According to Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi, Indonesia is investigating the possibilities of constructing the infrastructure for an autonomous rail rapid transit (ART) in Nusantara Capital City (IKN). He made this announcement on Friday during a meeting with his Chinese colleague Li Xiaopeng in Beijing. Budi expressed the intention of

Manila | Fri, October 27, 2023 The Philippines will no longer seek financial aid from China for a package of ambitious railway projects, the transportation secretary said, adding that officials were confident the projects could move ahead with funding from interested sources. According to officials, China was supposed to construct the third rail line on

Bangkok | Sat, September 2, 2023 Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn endorsed a new cabinet, including real estate tycoon Srettha Thavisin as the country’s new prime minister and finance minister, according to a Royal gazette published on Saturday, months after the May elections. The defense, transport, trade, health, and foreign ministry posts will be under the

Jenin, West Bank | Fri July 7, 2023 At the gates of Jenin’s government hospital on Wednesday, dozens of armed Palestinian militants and their families gathered to collect their dead, just hours after hundreds of Israeli soldiers withdrew from the city’s sprawling refugee camp. Israel’s greatest foray into the occupied West Bank in decades left

Wednesday | June 7, 2023 Forget Fraser Island. The world’s largest sand island is now officially known by its traditional name, K’gari, the government of the Australian state of Queensland announced Wednesday. The renaming legally acknowledges the Butchulla people’s historical relationship to the Australian east coast’s UNESCO World Heritage site. Long before European settlers arrived,