Category: International
100-METRE-TALL STATUE OF INDONESIA’S FIRST PRESIDENT SUKARNO TO BE BUILT IN WALINI FARM
Maman Sulaeman, head of Investment Services and One-Stop Integrated Services of West Bandung Regency said that a Ciputra consortium in cooperation wi [...]
ASIAN STUDENTS INVITED TO STUDY IN SOUTH KOREA FOR FREE
South Korean province of Gyeongsang has invited Asian students to study in the province’s high schools for free and there are currently nine schools [...]
3-METRE-LONG SNAKE STILL MISSING IN PASIG, THE PHILIPPINES
A three-metre-long snake was captured in Pasig, the Philippines earlier this week but then escaped into a creek nearby and has not been found since, [...]
INDONESIA’S CENTRAL BANK SIGNS MOU WITH THAILAND AND MALAYSIA ON USING LOCAL CURRENCIES FOR BILATERAL TRADE – LEAVING US DOLLARS
Indonesia’s central bank, Bank Indonesia, and its Thai and Malaysian counterparts have recently signed a memorandum of understanding, agreeing as the [...]
UNITED AIRLINES AGREES TO PAY US$30 MILLION AFTER A QUADRIPLEGIC MAN REMOVED FROM A FLIGHT WAS LEFT WITH BRAIN DAMAGE
A 26-year-old quadriplegic man who uses a wheelchair, ventilator and tracheal tube was left with a brain damage after reportedly being removed violen [...]
FORMER THAI PM THAKSIN JAILED UPON RETURNING TO THAILAND FROM 15-YEAR EXILE
Thaksin Shinawatra, former prime minister of Thailand, was immediately jailed upon returning to the country on Tuesday after 15 years of self-imposed [...]
PINOY TEAM WINS 362 MEDALS AT 26TH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OF PERFORMING ARTS
The Philippine Team won 362 medals at the 26th World Championships of Performing Arts (WCOPA) held in California, United States earlier this month. T [...]
A FILIPINA IS ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS BEHIND KUALA LUMPUR’S ‘MERDEKA 118’, WORLD’S 2ND TALLEST BUILDING
The “Merdeka 118” in Kuala Lumpur is scheduled to be completed this year and a Filipino architect named Mitchelle Gorope Ignacio is one of the archit [...]