South Korea’s Asiana Airlines has stopped selling some emergency exit seats following an incident in which a passenger opened an aircraft door mid-air, the carrier said on Sunday. A court in Daegu later on Sunday issued an arrest warrant for the man, surnamed Lee, for allegedly breaking aviation security laws, …
Read More »Strong heat to return to northern, central Vietnam next week
The summer heat is forecast to return to northern and central Vietnam starting Monday, driving temperatures up to 38 degrees Celsius. Northern Vietnam regions have been enjoying a mild reprieve from scorching heat over the past week thanks to the impacts of cold air, which brought downpours. But starting Monday, …
Read More »Taipei restaurant dishes up giant isopod noodles for adventurous patrons
A 14-legged giant isopod is the highlight of a new dish at a ramen restaurant in Taipei and it has people queuing up – both for pictures and for a bite from this bowl of noodles. Since the ‘The Ramen Boy’ launched the limited-edition noodle bowl on May 22, declaring …
Read More »Vietnam among top countries with illegal Internet exploitation: official
Vietnam is among the top countries worldwide in which the Internet is exploited for illegal purposes, a top information official said Saturday. At a conference on multichannel networks in Ho Chi Minh City, Nguyen Thanh Lam, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, said that “for every 100 coins made from …
Read More »China’s first homegrown passenger jet makes maiden commercial flight
China’s first domestically produced passenger jet took off on its maiden commercial flight on Sunday, a milestone event in the nation’s decades-long effort to compete with Western rivals in the air. Beijing hopes the C919 commercial jetliner will challenge foreign models like the Boeing 737 MAX and the Airbus A320, …
Read More »Modi set to inaugurate grand new Indian parliament
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to inaugurate a grand new parliament building Sunday, a major part of his Hindu nationalist government’s remodeling of New Delhi, but opposition parties have said they will boycott the event. “Our new Parliament is truly a beacon of our democracy. It reflects the …
Read More »Man killed in HCMC house fire
A 22-year-old man died after a fire engulfed a house in HCMC’s Tan Phu District on Sunday. The fire began at around 1 a.m. in a three-story house on Le Sao Street. Three people, aged 22-25, were trapped inside when the fire broke out. Locals tried to extinguish the fire, …
Read More »Biden cuts deal in principle with Republicans to avert catastrophic US default
US President Joe Biden and Republican lawmakers struck a deal in principle to raise the country’s debt ceiling Saturday, in a crucial first step towards eliminating the threat of a disastrous default with just days to spare. The government is expecting to hit its borrowing limit on June 5, raising …
Read More »Former HCMC policeman gets jail for smuggling $9M worth of goods
A former police officer in HCMC was sentenced to 13 years in prison for smuggling over VND217 billion ($9.2 million) worth of goods. Hoang Duy Tien, 38, former police officer under the economic police division of the HCMC police department, was sentenced to prison by the HCMC People’s Court on …
Read More »Three killed when 4-year-old rams motorbike into fence
Three members of a family were killed in the central province of Binh Dinh when a 4-year-old girl inadvertently accelerated a motorbike into a fence. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Thom, a 26-year-old Phu My District resident, was transporting her mother-in-law and two children to a medical check-up on Friday when the …
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